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subreptice.

surreptitious, furtive

10 characters4 syllables approx.Français language

Meaning & usage

adj/sy.bʁɛp.tis/
  1. surreptitious, furtive

Where this word comes from

Learned borrowing from Latin subreptīcius, itself from the past participle of either subripiō (“to snatch away”) or subrēpō (“to creep under”). The adjective having in traditional court the sens of illicit, thus gaining the sense of something made furtively as in illicitly.

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