Jesuitic

• jesuitic

From New Latin Iēsūīticus, from Iēsūīta + Latin -icus.^[1] By surface analysis, Jesuit +‎ -ic.

• IPA^(key): /ˌd͡ʒɛzjuˈɪtɪk/

Jesuitic (comparative more Jesuitic, superlative most Jesuitic)

1. Of or relating to the Jesuits, or to their principles and methods.

   Synonyms: Jesuit, Jesuitical

2. (derogatory, dated)
   1. Crafty, cunning, deceitful.
      • 1895, Marie Corelli, The Sorrows of Satan: or The Strange Experience of One Geoffrey Tempest, Millionaire […], 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: J[oshua] B[allinger] Lippincott Company, published 1896, →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

      • [1682], [John] Dryden, “The Preface”, in Religio Laici or A Laymans Faith. A Poem, London: […] Jacob Tonson […], →OCLC:

        I ſhould be glad therefore, […] that they vvould joyn in a publick Act of diſovvning and deteſting thoſe Jeſuitick Principles; and ſubſcribe to all Doctrines vvhich deny the Popes Authority of Depoſing Kings, and releaſing Subjects from their Oath of Allegiance: […]

• “Jesuitic”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

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