Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for SUR-REP-TI'TIOUS
SUR-REP'TIONSUR-REP-TI'TIOUS-LY
SUR-REP-TI'TIOUS, a. [L. surreptitius, supra.]
Done by stealth or without proper authority; made or introduced fraudulently; as, a surreptitious passage in a manuscript. A correct copy of the Dunciad, the many surreptitious ones have rendered necessary. – Letter to Publisher of Dunciad.
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