Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Insinuating.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective obsolete Insinuating; insinuative.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective obsolete
Insinuating ;insinuative .
Etymologies
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Latin insinuans, present participle: compare French insinuant.
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Examples
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Spiritus quoque aeris et mali genii aliquando se tempestatibus ingerunt, et menti humanae se latenter insinuant, eamque vexant, exagitant, et ut fluctus marini, humanum corpus ventis agitatur.
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Sainte Beuve says: -- C'était un misanthrope poli, insinuant, souriant, qui précédait de bien peu et préparait avec charme l'autre MISAN -
Reflections; or Sentences and Moral Maxims Fran��ois duc de La Rochefoucauld 1646
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The form enveloping an insinuant story was the basis of my lust for Sherin Guirguis 'work as well.
Brit Lit Blogs 3:AM Magazine 2009
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