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furtive
English
Etymology
Borrowed from French furtif (“stealthy”), from Latin f?rt?vus (“stolen”), from f?rtum (“theft”), from f?r (“thief”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?f??t?v/
- (General Australian) IPA(key): [?f????v]
- (US) IPA(key): [?f?.??v]
Adjective
furtive (comparative more furtive, superlative most furtive)
- Stealthy.
- Exhibiting guilty or evasive secrecy.
- 1949, George Orwell, Nineteen Eighty-Four, p31
- But that was merely a piece of furtive knowledge which he happened to possess because his memory was not satisfactorily under control.
- 1949, George Orwell, Nineteen Eighty-Four, p31
Synonyms
- (stealthy): surreptitious
- See also Thesaurus:covert
Derived terms
- furtively
- furtiveness
Related terms
- ferret
Translations
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fy?.tiv/
Adjective
furtive
- feminine singular of furtif
Italian
Adjective
furtive
- feminine plural of furtivo
Latin
Adjective
f?rt?ve
- masculine vocative singular of f?rt?vus
References
- furtive in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- furtive in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- furtive in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
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disguised
English
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /d?s??a?zd/, /d?z??a?zd/
- (General American) IPA(key): /d?s??a?zd/, /d??ska?zd/
- Hyphenation: dis?guised
Verb
disguised
- simple past tense and past participle of disguise
Adjective
disguised (comparative more disguised, superlative most disguised)
- Wearing a disguise; dressed in strange or unusual clothes, especially to conceal one's identity.
- (slang, obsolete) Drunk.
- 1748, Samuel Richardson, Clarissa, I.4:
- He was never known to be disguised with liquor […].
- 1748, Samuel Richardson, Clarissa, I.4:
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- dugesiids
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