furtive
English
Etymology
Borrowed from French furtif (“stealthy”), from Latin fūrtīvus (“stolen”), from fūrtum (“theft”), from fūr (“thief”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈfɜːtɪv/
Audio (UK) (file) - (General Australian) IPA(key): [ˈfɜːɾɪv]
- (US) IPA(key): [ˈfɝ.ɽɪv]
Audio (US) (file)
Synonyms
- (stealthy): surreptitious
- See also Thesaurus:covert
Derived terms
Translations
stealthy
exhibiting guilty or evasive secrecy
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References
- furtive in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, 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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