Etymology

surreptitious

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Today it means: Stealthy, furtive, well hidden, covert (especially movements). Full definition →

Latin surrēptīcius
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  1. Latin · borrowed fromsurrēptīcius“furtive, clandestine”
  2. English todaysurreptitious

Borrowed from Latin surrēptīcius (“furtive, clandestine”), from surrēpō (“to creep along”).

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