insinuation
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
From Latin insinuatio, from īnsinuō (“to push in, creep in, steal in”), from in (“in”) + sinus (“a winding, bend, bay, fold, bosom”)
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[edit] Noun
insinuation (plural insinuations)
- The act or process of insinuating; a creeping, winding, or flowing in.
- The act of gaining favor, affection, or influence, by gentle or artful means; — formerly used in a good sense, as of friendly influence or interposition.
- The art or power of gaining good will by a prepossessing manner.
- That which is insinuated; a hint; a suggestion or intimation by distant allusion
- slander may be conveyed by insinuations.
[edit] Translations
The act of gaining favor, affection, or influence, by gentle or artful means
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a suggestion or intimation by distant allusion
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[edit] External links
- insinuation in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- insinuation in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
[edit] French
[edit] Noun
insinuation f. (plural insinuations)
