Stealthed

Part of speech: verb

Definitions

1. To have moved quietly and secretly, often to avoid detection
2. To have engaged in actions or movements that are discreet or hidden from view
3. To have executed tasks or maneuvers in a covert manner, typically for strategic advantage

Etymology: "Stealthed" is simply the past tense and past participle of "stealth" used as a verb, so its history is that of the noun it grows from. That noun comes from Old English "stǣlþ," meaning theft or stealth, which in turn descends from a Proto-Germanic verb "stelaną," meaning to steal or to sneak. The root is the same one that gives English "steal" itself. The ending "-th" is an old abstract suffix, the kind that turns a verb into a noun for an action or quality, much as "growth" comes from "grow" or "truth" from "true." So "stealth" is, at heart, the quality of stealing: the act of moving without being noticed. Its sense of secret, cautious movement grew out of that original idea of taking something covertly.

Synonyms: concealed, hidden, camouflaged, covert, surreptitious

Antonyms: revealed, exposed, disclosed, uncovered, visible