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insinuation

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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”).

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  • IPA(key): /ɪnˌsɪnjuˈeɪʃən/
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  • Rhymes: -eɪʃən

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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.

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Inherited from Old French, borrowed from Latin īnsinuātiōnem.

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insinuation f (plural insinuations)

  1. insinuation

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insinuation c

  1. an insinuation

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Declension of insinuation 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative insinuation insinuationen insinuationer insinuationerna
Genitive insinuations insinuationens insinuationers insinuationernas

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