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in·sid·i·ous (ĭn-sĭd'ē-əs)
adj.
  1. Working or spreading harmfully in a subtle or stealthy manner: insidious rumors; an insidious disease.
  2. Intended to entrap; treacherous: insidious misinformation.
  3. Beguiling but harmful; alluring: insidious pleasures.

[From Latin īnsidiōsus, from īnsidiae, ambush, from īnsidēre, to sit upon, lie in wait for : in-, in, on; see in-2 + sedēre, to sit.]

insidiously in·sid'i·ous·ly adv.
insidiousness in·sid'i·ous·ness n.



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