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irreptitious

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
ir-rep-ti-tious
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

surreptitious; spurious

Obsolete

Example Sentences

Etymology

From Latin irrēpō (“I creep into”); ir- (“in”) + rēpō (“I creep”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

more irreptitious (comparative) most irreptitious (superlative)

Derived Forms

irreptitiously

Frequently Paired Words

irreption

Questions

What does irreptitious mean?
surreptitious; spurious
Where does irreptitious come from?
It is traced to Latin.

How to pronounce irreptitious

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