Definition of Sureptitious
Sur`rep*ti"tious (?), a. [L.
surreptitius, or subreptitius, fr. surripere,
subripere, to snatch away, to withdraw privily; sub-
under + rapere to snatch. See Sub-, and Ravish.]
Done or made by stealth, or without proper authority; made or
introduced fraudulently; clandestine; stealthy; as, a
surreptitious passage in an old manuscript; a
surreptitious removal of goods. --
Sur`rep*ti"tious*ly, adv.
Sur`rep*ti"tious (?), a. [L.
surreptitius, or subreptitius, fr. surripere,
subripere, to snatch away, to withdraw privily; sub-
under + rapere to snatch. See Sub-, and Ravish.]
Done or made by stealth, or without proper authority; made or
introduced fraudulently; clandestine; stealthy; as, a
surreptitious passage in an old manuscript; a
surreptitious removal of goods. --
Sur`rep*ti"tious*ly, adv.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- stealthy, furtive, well hidden, covert (especially movements)
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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