Flashcards: Latin Derivatives

furtive

 

stealthy, sneaky, surreptitious

 

The detective did not fail to notice the suspect's furtive glance at his hands when the focus of the interrogation shifted to the blood found on the victim.

 

Related English word: furtiveness

 

Latin root words: furtivus, furtiva, furtivum - stolen; hidden; fur, furis, m. - thief

 

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