irreptitious

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adjective

surreptitious; spurious

OriginLatin irrēpō →
Scrabble 14
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Meanings

adjectiveirreptitious (comparative more irreptitious, superlative most irreptitious)

comparative more irreptitious · superlative most irreptitious

  1. obsoletesurreptitious; spurious

    equal generation in each irreptitious approximation

    1872, Augustus De Morgan, Sophia Elizabeth De Morgan, A Budget of Paradoxes

Origin

  1. Latinirrēpō“I creep into”
  2. Englishirreptitious

From Latin irrēpō (“I creep into”); ir- (“in”) + rēpō (“I creep”).

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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