clancular
English
Etymology
From Latin clancularius, from clanculum (“secretly”), adverbial diminutive of clam (“secretly”).
Adjective
clancular (comparative more clancular, superlative most clancular)
- (obsolete) Conducted with secrecy; clandestine; concealed.
- Barrow
- Not close and clancular, but frank and open.
- Barrow
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for clancular in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)