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Definition of Sub rosa
1. Adverb. In secret or covertly. "Held a meeting sub rosa to avoid general criticism"
Definition of Sub rosa
1. Adjective. Carried out secretly or confidentially ¹
2. Adverb. In secret or covertly; privately or confidentially ¹
3. Noun. ''Slang''. Used in Workers' Compensation cases to mean covert surveillance video used to catch Workers' Compensation applicants and show that they are in fact not injured. Also spelled subrosa. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sub Rosa
Literary usage of Sub rosa
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Gentleman's Magazine (1890)
"sub rosa. BY GEORGE HOLMES, AUTHOR OF "FARMER JOHN." . CHAPTER IX. Come, then,
And with my aid go into good society. Life little loves, 'tis true, ..."
2. William Winston Seaton of the "National Intelligencer".: A Biographical Sketch by Josephine Seaton (1871)
"... would be unique, sub rosa, of course, viz. to throw a treble arch over the
central dome of the Capitol, containing three rows of colored lamps of ..."
3. Life Without and Life Within: Or, Reviews, Narratives, Essays, and Poems by Margaret Fuller, Arthur Buckminster Fuller (1895)
"sub rosa,'CRUX. IN times of old, as we are told, When men more child-like at the
feet Of Jesus sat, than now, A chivalry was known more bold Than ours, ..."
4. Ballades and Rondeaus, Chants Royal, Sestinas, Villanelles, & C. by Gleeson White (1888)
"sub rosa. Under the rows of gas-jets bright, Bathed in a blazing river of light,
A regal beauty sits ; above her The butterflies of fashion hover, ..."
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