| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Adjective | 1. Having qualities characteristic of Jesuits or Jesuitism; "Jesuitical education".[Wordnet]
2. Of or pertaining to the Jesuits, or to their principles and methods.[Websters] 3. Designing; cunning; deceitful; crafty; -- an opprobrious use of the word.[Websters] 4. Being crafty, cunning, guileful, artful or vulpine. [Eve - graph theoretic] 5. Being hypocritical, pharisaical, pharisaic, sanctimonious or insincere. [Eve - graph theoretic] 6. Being deceptive, deceitful or fraudulent. [Eve - graph theoretic] 7. Being tricky, shifty or dodgy. [Eve - graph theoretic] 8. Being astute, clever, leery, shrewd or politic. [Eve - graph theoretic] 9. Being sharp, smart, subtle or acute. [Eve - graph theoretic] 10. Infrequently used base adjective of the adverb jesuitically.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Adverb Form (jesuitically) | 1. In a jesuitical manner.[Websters]. 2. In a pharisaical, pharisaic or self-righteous manner.[Eve - graph theoretic] 3. In an artful or slick manner.[Eve - graph theoretic] 4. In an astute, smart, politic or shrewd manner.[Eve - graph theoretic] 5. In an insidious or cattish manner.[Eve - graph theoretic] 6. In a sharp or perspicacious manner.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
Sources: compiled from various sources, (under license) copyright 2008. Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, WordNet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. | Top | |
Date "Jesuitical" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1651. (references) |
Specialty Definition: Jesuitical
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Noah Webster | [Adjective] Pertaining to the Jesuits or their principles and arts.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. | ||
| Slang in 1811 | JESUITICAL. Sly, evasive, equivocal. A jesuitical answer; an equivocal answer. Source: 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue. | ||
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