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arreptitious

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
ar-rep-ti-tious
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Possessed; raving; isolated from reality.

adj

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

Example Sentences

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin arreptīcius.

Inflected Forms

more arreptitious (comparative) most arreptitious (superlative)

Questions

What does arreptitious mean?
Possessed; raving; isolated from reality.
Where does arreptitious come from?
Borrowed from Latin arreptīcius.

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