Episode #002, 16.10.2011: surreptitiously

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surreptitious, adjective. Underhand, kept secret, done by stealth, clandestine. Hence surreptitiously, adverb.

In a sentence: „Surreptitiously the thief walked through the house.“

So our second word means something that is done in secret. I think it has a nice sound to it, because of the double r.

It originated in the 15^th century and is a combination of the Latin words surripio and rapio, both meaning to steal or to snatch.

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