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形容詞

sub-rosa

1. Carried out secretly or confidentially

同意語

• See also Wikisaurus:covert

副詞

sub rosa

1. In secret or covertly; privately or confidentially

   they held the meeting sub rosa

名詞

sub rosa

1. Slang. Used in Workers' Compensation cases to mean covert surveillance video used to catch Workers' Compensation applicants and show that they are in fact not injured. Also spelled subrosa.

同意語

• behind-the-scenes
• under-the-table

関連する語

• Sub-Rosa Subway

発音

• IPA^(key): /ˌsʌb.ˈɹəʊ.zə/

副詞

sub rosa

1. In secret or covertly; privately, confidentially. [from 17th c.]

   They held the meeting sub rosa.

   • 1936 June 30, Margaret Mitchell, Gone with the Wind, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company, OCLC 1049770437; republished New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company, 1944, OCLC 20350211, part II, page 188:

     I run my boat into New York, buy from Yankee firms, sub rosa, of course, and away I go.

形容詞

sub rosa

1. Carried out secretly or confidentially.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:covert

   • 1966, Thomas Pynchon, chapter 6, in The Crying of Lot 49, New York: Bantam Books, published 1976, →ISBN, page 120:

     He began a sub rosa campaign of obstruction, terror and depredation along the Thurn and Taxis mail routes.

名詞

sub rosa (uncountable)

1. (slang, in workers’ compensation cases) Covert surveillance video used to catch workers’ compensation applicants and show that they are in fact not injured.

別の表記

• subrosa (noun)

同意語

• behind the scenes
• under the rose
• under the table