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arreptitious

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

Latinaarrepticius

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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