arreptitious

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adjective

Possessed; raving; isolated from reality.

OriginLatin arreptīcius →
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Meanings

adjectivearreptitious (comparative more arreptitious, superlative most arreptitious)

comparative more arreptitious · superlative most arreptitious

  1. Possessed; raving; isolated from reality.

    He denieth to have received the spirit of the world, that is as Anselme hath it, an arreptitious spirit, called Python, to divine conjecture

    1631, John Mayer, A Commentarie Vpon All the Epistles of the Apostle Pavl, Being fourteen
  2. Taken away; also sneaked in surreptitiously.https://books.google.com.au/books?id=K_lmAAAAcAAJ&pg=PP26&dq=arreptitious&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjy5JPExMbRAhULkZQKHR6-AYs4ChDoAQgxMAM#v=onepage&q=arreptitious&f=false

Origin

  1. Latinarreptīcius
  2. Englisharreptitious

Borrowed from Latin arreptīcius.

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APA

arreptitious. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/arreptitious

MLA

“arreptitious.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/arreptitious. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “arreptitious,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/arreptitious.

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