The Collaborative International Dictionary
Jesuitic
Jesuitic \Jes`u*it"ic\, Jesuitical \Jes`u*it"ic*al\, a. [Cf. F. j['e]suitique.]
Of or pertaining to the Jesuits, or to their principles and methods.
Designing; cunning; deceitful; crafty; -- an opprobrious use of the word.
--Dryden.
Usage examples of "jesuitic".
He assumed his grand jesuitic airs, and, although with honeyed word he would take the liberty of censuring me because I sometimes spent a night out, and, as he would say, "God knows where!