arreptitious

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin arreptīcius.

Adjective

arreptitious (comparative more arreptitious, superlative most arreptitious)

1. Possessed; raving; isolated from reality.
   • 1631, John Mayer, A Commentarie Vpon All the Epistles of the Apostle Pavl, Being fourteen‎^[1]:

     He denieth to have received the spirit of the world, that is as Anselme hath it, an arreptitious spirit, called Python, to divine conjecture

2. Taken away; also done in privacy.[2]