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-adjective 1. obtained, done, made, etc., by stealth; secret or unauthorized; clandestine: a surreptitious glance. 2. acting in a stealthy way. 3. obtained by subreption; subreptitious.

---- Origin:

1400-50; late ME < L surreptīcius stolen, clandestine, equiv. to surrept(us), ptp. of surripere to steal, (sur- sur- 2 + rep-, comb. form of rapere to snatch, rape 1 + -tus ptp. suffix) + -īcius -itious

Related forms:

surâ‹…repâ‹…tiâ‹…tiousâ‹…ly, adverb

surâ‹…repâ‹…tiâ‹…tiousâ‹…ness, noun-adjective 1. obtained, done, made, etc., by stealth; secret or unauthorized; clandestine: a surreptitious glance.2. acting in a stealthy way. 3. obtained by subreption; subreptitious.

---- Origin:

1400-50; late ME < L surreptīcius stolen, clandestine, equiv. to surrept(us), ptp. of surripere to steal, (sur- sur- 2 + rep-, comb. form of rapere to snatch, rape 1 + -tus ptp. suffix) + -īcius -itious

Related forms:

surâ‹…repâ‹…tiâ‹…tiousâ‹…ly, adverb

surâ‹…repâ‹…tiâ‹…tiousâ‹…ness, noun

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