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stealth

noun
/stɛlθ/

Etymology

From Middle English stelthe, from Old English stǣlþ, from Proto-Germanic *stēliþō, to Proto-Germanic *stelaną (“to steal, to sneak”) + *-iþō, equivalent to steal + -th (abstract nominal suffix). Compare Old English stalu (“theft, stealth”), Old High German stāla (“theft”), German Diebstahl (“theft”).

  1. derived from *stelaną✻
  2. inherited from *stēliþō✻
  3. inherited from stǣlþ
  4. inherited from stelthe

Definitions

  1. The attribute or characteristic of acting in secrecy, or in such a way that the actions…

    The attribute or characteristic of acting in secrecy, or in such a way that the actions are unnoticed or difficult to detect by others.

  2. An act of secrecy, especially one involving thievery.

    • Claudio.[...] But it chances The stealth of our most mutuall entertainment With Character too grosse, is writ on Iuliet.
    • [The King] thinks it fit[...] that restitution according to this order be made to the petitioners for stealths committed upon them last winter (273).

  3. To conceal or infiltrate through the use of stealth.

  4. ›+ 4 more definitions

    1. To subject (someone) to stealthing (sexual intercourse without a condom through…

      To subject (someone) to stealthing (sexual intercourse without a condom through deception, for example removing the condom mid-act).

      • [He] tried to stealth her but Nikki checked him quick. “Unh-unh. You better strap up.” “Word?” “Word nigga.” “A'ight, a'ight.” Justus slid a condom on and entered Nikki real slow.

    2. Surreptitious

      Surreptitious; secret; not openly acknowledged.

    3. Having properties that diminish radar signatures.

    4. Hiding one's transgender status (in general or in specific areas of one's life, e.g. at…

      Hiding one's transgender status (in general or in specific areas of one's life, e.g. at work) after transition.

      • go stealth; be stealth; live stealth
      • Lynn is a noted computer scienƟst and distnguished professor emerita of engineering who transitoned from male to female (MTF) in the 1960s and then lived “stealth,” or closeted about her transgender status, before coming out in 2000[…]
      • They remained radical in their gender identities and not easily categorized; Darling, for example, lived “stealth” as a woman, and Curtis and Woodlawn alternated between female and male identities in different phases of their lives,[…]

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Derived

antistealth, counterstealth, nonstealth, stealthban, stealth camper, stealth camping, stealthen, stealthful, stealth game, stealthie, stealthless, stealthlike, stealth mode, stealth nerf, stealth tax, stealth-tax, stealth taxation, stealth wealth, stealthwise, stealthy

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at stealth. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

01stealth02infiltrate03surreptitiously04stealthily05furtively06furtive07stealthy

A definitional loop anchored at stealth. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

7 hops · closes at stealth

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA