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語源

Borrowed from Middle French insinuation, from Old French, from Latin insinuatio, from īnsinuō (“to push in, creep in, steal in”), from in (“in”) + sinus (“a winding, bend, bay, fold, bosom”).

発音

• IPA: /ɪnˌsɪnjuˈeɪʃən/
• 韻: -eɪʃən

名詞

insinuation (countable and uncountable, plural insinuations)

1. The act or process of insinuating; a creeping, winding, or flowing in.
2. 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.
3. The art or power of gaining good will by a prepossessing manner.
4. That which is insinuated; a hint; a suggestion, innuendo or intimation by distant allusion

   Slander may be conveyed by insinuations.

派生語

関連する語

• insinuate
• insinuator

Further reading

• “insinuation”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “insinuation”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.