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veiled

English

Adjective

veiled

  1. Covered by a veil.
  2. (figuratively) Partly hidden or concealed.
    His veiled threat was terrifying.

Synonyms

  • See also Thesaurus:hidden

Translations

Verb

veiled

  1. simple past tense and past participle of veil

Anagrams

  • deevil, levied

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surreptitious

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin surr?pt?cius (furtive, clandestine), from surr?p? (to creep along).

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /?s???p?t???s/
  • (US) IPA(key): /s????p?t???s/, /?s???p?t???s/, /?s???p?t???s/
  • Rhymes: -???s

Adjective

surreptitious (comparative more surreptitious, superlative most surreptitious)

  1. Stealthy, furtive, well hidden, covert (especially movements).

Synonyms

  • See Thesaurus:covert

Derived terms

  • surreptitiously
  • surreptitiousness

Related terms

  • subreption
  • surreptition

Translations

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