besmuikt

Signification (Anglais)

secret, secretive

Concepts

secrètement

dissimulé

en secret

cachotier

peu bavard

Synonymes

geheim

㊙️

gesloten

heimelijk

Coupé comme

be‧smuikt

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/bəˈsmœy̯kt/

Étymologie (Anglais)

From Middle Dutch smuyck, from Old Dutch smuyck. The prefix be- was added as phonetic contamination from the past participle of smuiken (“to be hidden or calm”). Compare also the related verbs smokkelen and smuiken, all ultimately from Proto-Germanic *smukkōną (“to slide, slip through”).