Jesuitic

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Compare French jésuitique.

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  • IPA(key): /ˌd͡ʒɛzjuˈɪtɪk/

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Jesuitic (comparative more Jesuitic, superlative most Jesuitic)

  1. Of or relating to the Jesuits, or to their principles and methods.
  2. (derogatory, dated)
    1. Crafty, cunning, deceitful.
      • 1895, Marie Corelli, The Sorrows of Satan, →OCLC, page 11:
        Their prosperity appeared to prove that honesty after all was not the best policy. What should I do then? How should I begin the jesuitical business of committing evil that good, personal good, might come of it?
    2. Of logical arguments: intricate, or casuistic or hair-splitting.
      Synonym: (derogatory, dated) Talmudic

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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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 “Jesuitic”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

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