'Jesuitical' definitions:
Definition of 'Jesuitical'
(from WordNet)
Definition of 'Jesuitical'
From: GCIDE
- Jesuitic \Jes`u*it"ic\, Jesuitical \Jes`u*it"ic*al\, a. [Cf. F. j['e]suitique.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. Of or pertaining to the Jesuits, or to their principles and methods. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Designing; cunning; deceitful; crafty; -- an opprobrious use of the word. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'jesuitical'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- apparently sound,
- casuistic,
- colorable,
- deceptive,
- dishonest,
- disingenuous,
- empty,
- fallacious,
- hollow,
- illusive,
- insincere,
- jesuitic,
- mealymouthed,
- overrefined,
- oversubtle,
- philosophistic,
- plausible,
- sophistic,
- sophistical,
- specious,
- tongue in cheek,
- uncandid,
- unfrank,
- unserious