sub rosa

Privately. This Latin phrase (meaning "under the rose") refers to the ancient use of the rose as a symbol of secrecy. No, I had no idea they were planning to reject the proposal. They must have reached that decision sub rosa.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Wilkin	-	Medieval English
Damijan	-	Slovene
Primrose	PRIM-roz	English (Rare)
Roberta	rə-BUR-tə (English), ro-BER-tah (Italian, Spanish)	English, Italian, Spanish
Gy&Eth;A	-	Ancient Scandinavian, Icelandic
Paavo	PAH:-vo (Finnish)	Finnish, Estonian