A list of 9 words by jpin.
- rusewas added by jpin and appears on 90 lists
- veridicalwas added by jpin and appears on 35 lists
- clandestinewas added by jpin and appears on 335 lists
- ingenuouswas added by jpin and appears on 178 lists
- unscrupulouswas added by jpin and appears on 64 lists
- machiavellianwas added by jpin and appears on 75 lists
- beguilingwas added by jpin and appears on 42 lists
- guilewas added by jpin and appears on 150 lists
- vulpinewas added by jpin and appears on 124 lists
jpin commented on the list crafty
In Walden (1854), Henry David Thoreau described foxes crying out "raggedly and demoniacally" as they hunted through the winter forest, and he wrote, "Sometimes one came near to my window, attracted by my light, barked a vulpine curse at me, and then retreated." Thoreau's was far from the first use of "vulpine"; English writers have been applying that adjective to the foxlike or crafty since at least the 15th century, and the Latin parent of our term, "vulpinus" (from the noun "vulpes," meaning "fox"), was around long before that.
September 13, 2010
jpin commented on the list crafty
f. Latin
in + GEN (to beget)
September 13, 2010