As adjectives the difference between aesopian and furtive
is that
aesopian is (not comparable) related to or concerning the greek fabulist aesop while
furtive is stealthy.
aesopian English
Alternative forms
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* Esopian
Adjective
( en adjective)
(not comparable) Related to or concerning the Greek fabulist Aesop.
(comparable) Characteristic of Aesop's animal fables.
(comparable) Employing or having an ambiguous or allegorical meaning, especially a political meaning.
Synonyms
* (l), (l)
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furtive English
Adjective
( en adjective)
stealthy
Exhibiting guilty or evasive secrecy.
* 1949 , George Orwell, Nineteen Eighty-Four , p31
- But that was merely a piece of furtive knowledge which he happened to possess because his memory was not satisfactorily under control.
Synonyms
* (stealthy) surreptitious
* See also
Derived terms
* furtively
* furtiveness
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