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Pronunciation / Transliteration: insidioso
"El cáncer puede ser una enfermedad insidiosa."
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Proceeding in a gradual, subtle way, but with harmful effects.
"High blood pressure is an insidious condition that often has no symptoms."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the Latin 'insidiosus', meaning 'cunning' or 'treacherous', stemming from 'insidiae' (ambush), which itself comes from 'insidere' (to sit upon or lie in wait for). Entering English in the mid-16th century, the word initially retained its literal sense of lying in wait, but gradually evolved to describe processes or diseases that progress stealthily with harmful effects before becoming apparent.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Insidious" is said worldwide
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insidieux
Transliteration: insidieux
"La maladie a un développement insidieux."
heimtückisch
Transliteration: heimtueckisch
"Die Krankheit hat eine heimtückische Natur."
insidioso
Transliteration: insidioso
"Questa è una malattia insidiosa."
insidioso
Transliteration: insidioso
"El cáncer puede ser una enfermedad insidiosa."
insidioso
Transliteration: insidioso
"O mal tem um caráter insidioso."
कपटी
Transliteration: kapati
"यह एक कपटी बीमारी है।"
阴险的
Transliteration: yīnxiǎn de
"这是一种潜 伏期很长的隐蔽疾病。"
교묘한
Transliteration: gyomyohan
"고혈압은 교묘한 질병이다."
陰険な
Transliteration: inken na
"高血圧は陰険な病気である。"
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