surreptitious

• adj.秘密; こそこそした; 秘密の

おそらくsur-, under, -rept, to crawlが語源で、語源的にはreptile, 爬虫類と同じ。派生語源 secretive, surreptitious.

surreptitious

surreptitious: [15] Latin surreptītius meant ‘taken away secretly’. It was formed from the past participle of surripere ‘take away secretly’, a compound verb formed from the prefix sub- ‘under’, hence ‘secretly’, and rapere ‘seize’ (source of English rape, rapture, etc). English acquired surreptitious direct from the Latin adjective.
=> rape, rapture, ravenous

surreptitious (adj.)

mid-15c., from Latin surrepticius "stolen, furtive, clandestine," from surreptus, past participle of surripere "seize secretly, take away, steal, plagiarize," from assimilated form of sub "from under" (hence, "secretly;" see sub-) + rapere "to snatch" (see rapid). Related: Surreptitiously.

1. She sneaked a surreptitious glance at her watch.

彼女は時計をちらっと見た。

2.His surreptitious behaviour naturally aroused suspicion.

彼のこそこそした行為は自然と他人の疑いを引き起こした。

3.He made a surreptitious entrance to the club through the little door in the brick wall.

彼はレンガの壁の小さなドアからクラブに忍び込んだ。

4.They had several surreptitious conversations.

彼らは何度か秘密会談をしたことがある。

5.Such surreptitious bypassing of Standlely was distasteful.

このようなこそこそとスタンドレイを迂回するやり方は嫌だ。