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Meaning of arreptitious | Babel Free

Adjective CEFR C1

Definitions

  1. Possessed; raving; isolated from reality.
  2. Taken away; also sneaked in surreptitiously.https://books.google.com.au/books?id=K_lmAAAAcAAJ&pg=PP26&dq=arreptitious&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjy5JPExMbRAhULkZQKHR6-AYs4ChDoAQgxMAM#v=onepage&q=arreptitious&f=false

Equivalents

Latina arrepticius

Examples

“He denieth to have received the spirit of the world, that is as Anselme hath it, an arreptitious spirit, called Python, to divine conjecture”

CEFR level

C1
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This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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See also

arrest-me-red arrestable arrested arresting arrestive Arretine

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