The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.
sub rosa
SYLLABICATION: sub ro·sa
PRONUNCIATION: 
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rzADVERB: In secret; privately or confidentially: held the meeting sub rosa.
ETYMOLOGY: Latin sub ros![[image]](http://mowser.com/img?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bartleby.com%2Fimages%2Fpronunciation%2Famacr.gif)
, under the rose (from the practice of hanging a rose over a meeting as a symbol of confidentiality) : sub, under + ros, ablative of rosa, rose.
, under the rose (from the practice of hanging a rose over a meeting as a symbol of confidentiality) : sub, under + ros, ablative of rosa, rose.OTHER FORMS: sub-rosa (sb-rz) —ADJECTIVE
sa (sb-rz) —ADJECTIVEThe American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by the Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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