Surreptitious \suhr-uhp-TISH-uhs\ adjective
1. Done, made, or gotten by stealth
2. Acting with or marked by stealth
Origin:
Surreptitious comes from Latin
surrepticius, "stolen, secret, surreptitious", from
surripere, "to take away secretly; to steal", from
sub- "under' +
rapere "to seize, to snatch".
Published on March 10, 2011 06:28