English Explanatory Dictionary

Jesuitic

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Of or relating to the Jesuits, or to their principles and methods.
  2. Crafty, cunning, deceitful.
  3. Synonym of casuistic, intricately argued, particularly with quibbling detail or sophistic disingenuity.
adj
  1. Alternative letter-case form of Jesuitic.

Pronunciation

/ˌd͡ʒɛzjuˈɪtɪk/

Word forms

Jesuitic more Jesuitic most Jesuitic

Etymology

From New Latin Iēsūīticus, from Iēsūīta + Latin -icus. By surface analysis, Jesuit + -ic.

Synonyms

Jesuit Jesuitical casuistic intricately argued particularly with quibbling detail or sophistic disingenuity
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