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surreptitious

adj.
US //ˌsɝəpˈtɪʃəs// UK //səɹɪptˈɪʃəs// sur·rep·ti·tious
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Origin

Borrowed from Latin surrēptīcius (“furtive, clandestine”), from surrēpō (“to creep along”).

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