Flashcards: Latin Derivatives

surreptitious

 

done secretly and stealthily, clandestine

 

The purpose of espionage is the surreptitious obtainment of secret information.

 

Related English word: surreptitiousness

 

Latin root wors: surrepticius, surrepticia, surrepticium - stolen; secret; rapio, rapere, rapui, raptus - to seize, snatch; to carry off

 

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