furtive
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from French furtif (“stealthy”), from Latin fūrtīvus (“stolen”), from fūrtum (“theft”), from fūr (“thief”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈfɜːtɪv/
Audio (UK) (file) - (General Australian) IPA(key): [ˈfɜːɾɪv]
- (US) IPA(key): [ˈfɝ.ɽɪv]
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -ɜːtɪv
Adjective[edit]
furtive (comparative more furtive, superlative most furtive)
- Stealthy.
- 1967, J. A. Baker, The Peregrine, page 41:
- Gluttonous, hoarding jay; he should have hedge-hopped and lurched from tree to tree in his usual furtive manner.
- 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[edit]
- (stealthy): surreptitious
- See also Thesaurus:covert
Derived terms[edit]
Related terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
stealthy
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exhibiting guilty or evasive secrecy
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French[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
furtive
Italian[edit]
Adjective[edit]
furtive
Latin[edit]
Adjective[edit]
fūrtīve
References[edit]
- “furtive”, in Charlton T[homas] Lewis; Charles [Lancaster] Short (1879) […] A New Latin Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.; Cincinnati, Ohio; Chicago, Ill.: American Book Company; 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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