furtive: Online Etymology Dictionary [home, info] furtive: UltraLingua English Dictionary [home, info] furtive: Cambridge Dictionary of American English [home, info] Furtive: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia [home, info] Furtive: Online Plain Text English Dictionary [home, info] furtive: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition [home, info] Exhibiting guilty or evasive secrecy. I wanted to trace the etymology of the word pomegranate and some of its relatives. FURTIVE Meaning: "stolen," hence also "hidden, secret," from furtum "theft, robbery; a stolen thing," from fur (genitive… See definitions of furtive. 1949, George Orwell, Nineteen Eighty-Four, p31 2.1.1. Related: Clandestinely. ‘The word furtive might have been invented to describe his dodgy demeanour.’ ‘The ferocious snarl of the Tyrannosaurus Rex has been replaced by a furtive shameful glance.’ ‘The two exchanged furtive glances in slight panic at this last comment.’ But however "furtive" got into English, the Latin word fur, meaning "thief," is at the root. tive (fûr′tĭv) adj. All Free. Some common synonyms of furtive are clandestine, covert, secret, stealthy, surreptitious, and underhanded. Beatnik was a media stereotype prevalent throughout the late 1940s, 1950s to mid-1960s that displayed the more superficial aspects of the Beat Generation literary movement of the late 1940s and early to mid 1950s. Weird things about the name Furtive: The name spelled backwards is Evitruf. (of people) behaving secretly and often dishonestly, or (of actions) done secretly and often…. It is possible the name you are searching has less than five occurrences per year. 2.1. Origin of furtive French furtif from Old French from Latin fūrtīvus from fūrtum theft from fūr thief bher- 1 in Indo-European roots From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition From French furtif (“stealthy”), From Latin fūrtīvus (“stolen”), from fūrtum (“theft”), from fūr (“thief”). 1 done by stealth, clandestine, meant to escape notice. Learn more. While all these words mean "done without attracting observation," furtive implies a sly or cautious stealthiness. Stealthy. How to say furtive. 2. surreptitious - WordReference English dictionary, questions, discussion and forums. adj furtive secret and sly or sordid "backstairs gossip","his low backstairs cunning"- A.L.Guerard","backstairs intimacies","furtive behavior" adj furtive marked by quiet and caution and secrecy; taking pains to avoid being observed "a furtive manner","a sneak attack","stealthy footsteps","a surreptitious glance at his watch" Listen to the audio pronunciation in the Cambridge English Dictionary. furtive (comparative more furtive, superlative most furtive), Definition from Wiktionary, the free dictionary, https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=furtive&oldid=61482649, English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *bʰer-, Requests for review of Interlingua translations, Requests for review of Northern Kurdish translations, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. This page was last edited on 4 January 2021, at 08:40. Characterized by, acting with, or suggesting stealth or a desire to avoid discovery; surreptitious: "J.W. ), from Latin furtivus "stolen," hence also "hidden, secret," from furtum "theft, robbery; a stolen thing," from fur (genitive furis) "a thief, extortioner," also a general term of abuse, "rascal, rogue," probably from PIE *bhor-, from root *bher- (1) "to carry; to bear children." Ин саҳифаро бори охир дар 26 апрели 2017, 00:41 вироиш карда буданд. furuncle (n.) "a boil, circumscribed inflammation on the skin," 1670s, from Latin furunculus, "a boil, burning sore," also "petty thief, pilferer," diminutive of fur "thief" (see furtive). furtively (comparative more furtively, superlative most furtively) In a furtive manner.