insinuationn.

/ɪnsɪnjuːˈeɪʃən/

Etymology: < Latin insinuātiōn-em, noun of action < insinuāre to insinuate v.: compare French insinuation (16th cent. in Littré).

The action of insinuating.

1. A winding or twisting.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > shape > curvature > series of curves > [noun] > winding curve(s)

folda1250

windinga1387

wrinkling1387

revolution?a1425

wrinkle1430

crink1567

crank1572

cringle-crangle1573

crinkle1596

crankle1598

crinkle-crankle1598

meander1603

anfractuosity1612

ins and outs1655

sinuationa1676

insinuationa1684

anfractus1719

sinuosity1720

flexuosity1737

evolution1765

cringle1808

wriggle1825

voluminosity1841

squiggle1902

a1684 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1661 (1955) III. 294 I greately admired at the extravagant turnings, insinuations, & growth of sertaine birch trees among the rocks.

1869 J. Martineau Ess. Philos. & Theol. 2nd Ser. 3 The infinitely fine insinuations of analysis.

2. Introduction or entrance by winding, indirect, or stealthy motion; creeping or slipping in covertly or stealthily; stealing in.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming in > [noun] > surreptitiously

irreption1598

insinuation1608

subingression1654

the world > space > place > placing or fact of being placed in (a) position > insertion or putting in > [noun] > indirectly or covertly

insinuation1608

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > secrecy, concealment > stealthy action, stealth > stealthy movement > [noun]

stalkingc1000

creeping1565

hedge-creeping1579

stealing1581

steal1590

stealth1600

insinuation1608

slinking1611

sneakinga1657

prowl1803

creep1818

sneak1819

lurk1829

slink1853

pussyfooting1956

1608 Bp. J. Hall Epist. II. iv. i. 117 Pleasure is of a winding, and serpentine nature;..Withall, her insinuations are so cunning, that you shall not perceiue your excesse, till [etc.].

a1631 J. Donne Serm. (1953) VI. 180 That a Virgin may..have a child, by the insinuation and practise of the Devill.

1644 J. Bulwer Chirologia 114 Omit this benevolent insinuation of the Hand.

1664 J. Evelyn Sylva (1679) 13 These concussions of the Roots, loosning the mould, make room for their more easie insinuations.

1685 R. Boyle Exper. Disc. Salubr. Air 31 in Ess. Effects Motion The possible insinuation of Effluvia, that rove in the Air, at the pores of the skin.

1799 R. Kirwan Geol. Ess. 139 Putrefaction on the one part, and gradual insinuation of stony particles on the other, until the petrifaction is completed.

a1806 Ld. Macartney Wks. II. 365 The resistance of adamant is insufficient to defeat the insinuation of a fibre.

a. The action of stealing into the favour or affections of any one by winning, persuasive, or subtle means; ingratiation. Also, an instance of this, a winning or ingratiating action or speech.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > flattery or flattering > servile flattery or currying favour > [noun]

fawninga1350

adulationc1400

papelardya1425

papelardrya1500

captation1523

clawing1548

insinuation1553

curry-favour1581

man-pleasing1588

courting1607

men-pleasing1615

supparasitation1620

sycophantizing1640

assiduity1641

ingratiating1642

licking1648

man-pleasance1656

sycophancy1657

fawnery1661

sycophantrya1677

nutting1789

tuft-hunting1789

cultivation1793

huggery1804

ingratiation1815

sycophantism1821

lickspittling1839

toadyship1839

toadyism1840

bootlicking1849

toadying1863

arse-licking1912

lickspittle1914

apple-polishing1926

pot-licking1929

brown-nosing1934

ass-kissing1936

arse-kissing1937

ass-licking1946

sucking-up1946

bum-sucking1949

love bomb1975

love-bombing1976

1553 T. Wilson Arte of Rhetorique ii. f. 55 A priuey twinyng, or close creping in, to win faour with muche circumstaunce, called insinuacion.

1644 J. Bulwer Chirologia 7 When She came to read it, and found not the insinuations of elocution and gesture.

1675 H. Neville tr. N. Machiavelli Life Castruccio Castracani in tr. N. Machiavelli Wks. 241 He..made use of..courtesie and insinuation.

1720 R. Welton tr. T. Alvares de Andrade Sufferings Son of God II. xvii. 465 By the Winning Insinuations of His Agreeable Discourses.

1728 J. Morgan Compl. Hist. Algiers I. Pref. p. ii Nor ever advanced a Step, by way of Insinuation, to curry Favour or Affection, as they say, on any Side.

1814 W. Scott Waverley I. xxi. 318 [Her voice] possessed as well the tones which impress awe and correction as those of persuasive insinuation .

†b. Rhetoric. A kind of exordium to a speech designed artfully to win over the hearers. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > speech > speech-making > [noun] > a speech > introductory speech or part of speech

forespeechc1000

prologuec1350

preamblec1395

preambulationc1395

prooemiumc1485

prolocutiona1525

introduction1529

insinuation1532

preface1532

proem1532

foretalk1565

opening statement1806

insinuance1888

1532 L. Cox Art or Crafte Rhetoryke sig. B.v^v There is yet an other..maner to begyn by insinuacion...He must vse in stede of a preface an insinuacion.

1553 T. Wilson Arte of Rhetorique 60 Insinuation must then, and not els, be used, when the judge is greaved with us, and our cause hated of the hearers.

1586 A. Day Eng. Secretorie i. sig. B7^v We studye to winne fauour and allowaunce..sometimes by insinuation, wherein couertlye..we seeke..to shew that the case..is tollerable.

1616 J. Bullokar Eng. Expositor Insinuation, a cunning speech to creepe into ones fauour.

4. The subtle or insensible instilling of anything into the mind.

ΘΚΠ

society > education > teaching > instilling ideas > [noun]

infusionc1450

insinuationa1530

instillation?c1550

indoctrinating1642

implantation1653

instilling1659

imbuement1693

inoculation1761

instilment1773

indoctrinization1887

indoctrination1950

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > secrecy, concealment > stealthy action, stealth > [noun] > entrance or introduction

insinuationa1530

irreption1598

a1530 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfeccyon (1531) iii. f. CCi^v Abhorre to admyt in thy mynde y^e leest insinuacyon or poynt of ony maner of corrupcyon.

1678 R. Cudworth tr. Arnobius in True Intellect. Syst. Universe i. iv. 278 Who by the insinuation of divine truth hath delivered us from such grreat [sic] Errors of mind.

1697 J. Potter Archæologiæ Græcæ I. ii. xiii. 279 The Mind and Phantasy being pure,..might be the fitter to receive Divine insinuations.

1863 J. G. Murphy Crit. Comm. Bk. Gen. (ii. 16–17) 112 By the insinuation of a few fundamental and germinant notions into his mind.

5. The suggestion or hinting of anything indirectly, covertly, or by allusion or implication. Also with plural, an indirect or covert suggestion.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > information > hint or covert suggestion > [noun]

feelc1485

inkling1529

intimation1531

insinuation1532

by-warning1542

byword1542

item1561

cue1565

air1567

vent1613

insusurration1614

hinta1616

injection1622

indication1626

infusion1641

side glance1693

ground bass1699

touch1706

side view1747

sidewipe1757

allusion1766

penumbra1770

breath1795

slyness1823

by-hint1853

light1854

shove1857

suggestion1863

sous-entendu1865

point1870

sidewiper1870

sniff1936

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > hiding, concealing from view > keeping from knowledge > hidden or indirect meaning > [noun] > communicating indirectly

whisperingc1384

mustering1440

insinuation1532

implication1581

whistering1586

insinuating1644

implial1846

1532 T. More Confut. Tyndale in Wks. 819/1 Many other necessary truthes, though they be spoken of in scripture, and some insinuacion made of them..yet [etc.].

1533 T. More Answere Poysened Bk. iv. viii. f. ccix^v He gaue them an insynuacyon [printed insynnacyon] and sygnyfycacon therof, in that he sayde, And the brede that I shall gyue you is my fleshe.

1642 J. Milton Apol. Smectymnuus 7 A modest title should only informe the buyer what the book containes without furder insinuation.

1664 H. More Modest Enq. Myst. Iniquity 328 There is not the least insinuation or show of implication that God is the Author of sin.

1727 D. Defoe Syst. Magick i. iv. 97 Whether Satan did it thus, or by any other method of Insinuation, we are not sure.

1748 B. Robins & R. Walter Voy. round World by Anson iii. vii. 356 Which groundless insinuations had unluckily but too much weight.

1884 L. J. Jennings in Croker Papers I. x. 287 This insinuation..was promptly met and disposed of at the time.

†6. Law. The production or delivery of a will for official registration, as a step towards procuring probate. (So in French; late Latin insinuātio notification, publication, Cod. Justin.) Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > law > transfer of property > testamentary disposition > [noun] > official proving of will > preliminary procedure of

insinuation1529

1529 Act 21 Hen. VIII c. 5 Any..person..whyche..shall have auctorite or power to take or receyve probacyon insynuacion or approbacion of testament.

1602 W. Fulbecke Parallele or Conf. Law ii. 32 Such Testaments must be insinuated to the Officiall or Commissarie of the Bishop of the Dioces within foure monethes after the death of the testator: which insinuation is appointed by Law.

1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Insinuation of a Will.., the first Production of it, or the leaving it in the Register's Hands, in order to its Probate.

1726 J. Ayliffe Parergon Juris Canonici Anglicani 534 The Insinuation or Registring of Wills is the Publication of Wills at the Acts of Court.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online June 2020).

单词	insinuation
释义	insinuationn. /ɪnsɪnjuːˈeɪʃən/ Etymology: < Latin insinuātiōn-em, noun of action < insinuāre to insinuate v.: compare French insinuation (16th cent. in Littré). The action of insinuating. 1. A winding or twisting. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > curvature > series of curves > [noun] > winding curve(s) folda1250 windinga1387 wrinkling1387 revolution?a1425 wrinkle1430 crink1567 crank1572 cringle-crangle1573 crinkle1596 crankle1598 crinkle-crankle1598 meander1603 anfractuosity1612 ins and outs1655 sinuationa1676 insinuationa1684 anfractus1719 sinuosity1720 flexuosity1737 evolution1765 cringle1808 wriggle1825 voluminosity1841 squiggle1902 a1684 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1661 (1955) III. 294 I greately admired at the extravagant turnings, insinuations, & growth of sertaine birch trees among the rocks. 1869 J. Martineau Ess. Philos. & Theol. 2nd Ser. 3 The infinitely fine insinuations of analysis. 2. Introduction or entrance by winding, indirect, or stealthy motion; creeping or slipping in covertly or stealthily; stealing in. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming in > [noun] > surreptitiously irreption1598 insinuation1608 subingression1654 the world > space > place > placing or fact of being placed in (a) position > insertion or putting in > [noun] > indirectly or covertly insinuation1608 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > secrecy, concealment > stealthy action, stealth > stealthy movement > [noun] stalkingc1000 creeping1565 hedge-creeping1579 stealing1581 steal1590 stealth1600 insinuation1608 slinking1611 sneakinga1657 prowl1803 creep1818 sneak1819 lurk1829 slink1853 pussyfooting1956 1608 Bp. J. Hall Epist. II. iv. i. 117 Pleasure is of a winding, and serpentine nature;..Withall, her insinuations are so cunning, that you shall not perceiue your excesse, till [etc.]. a1631 J. Donne Serm. (1953) VI. 180 That a Virgin may..have a child, by the insinuation and practise of the Devill. 1644 J. Bulwer Chirologia 114 Omit this benevolent insinuation of the Hand. 1664 J. Evelyn Sylva (1679) 13 These concussions of the Roots, loosning the mould, make room for their more easie insinuations. 1685 R. Boyle Exper. Disc. Salubr. Air 31 in Ess. Effects Motion The possible insinuation of Effluvia, that rove in the Air, at the pores of the skin. 1799 R. Kirwan Geol. Ess. 139 Putrefaction on the one part, and gradual insinuation of stony particles on the other, until the petrifaction is completed. a1806 Ld. Macartney Wks. II. 365 The resistance of adamant is insufficient to defeat the insinuation of a fibre. 3. a. The action of stealing into the favour or affections of any one by winning, persuasive, or subtle means; ingratiation. Also, an instance of this, a winning or ingratiating action or speech. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > flattery or flattering > servile flattery or currying favour > [noun] fawninga1350 adulationc1400 papelardya1425 papelardrya1500 captation1523 clawing1548 insinuation1553 curry-favour1581 man-pleasing1588 courting1607 men-pleasing1615 supparasitation1620 sycophantizing1640 assiduity1641 ingratiating1642 licking1648 man-pleasance1656 sycophancy1657 fawnery1661 sycophantrya1677 nutting1789 tuft-hunting1789 cultivation1793 huggery1804 ingratiation1815 sycophantism1821 lickspittling1839 toadyship1839 toadyism1840 bootlicking1849 toadying1863 arse-licking1912 lickspittle1914 apple-polishing1926 pot-licking1929 brown-nosing1934 ass-kissing1936 arse-kissing1937 ass-licking1946 sucking-up1946 bum-sucking1949 love bomb1975 love-bombing1976 1553 T. Wilson Arte of Rhetorique ii. f. 55 A priuey twinyng, or close creping in, to win faour with muche circumstaunce, called insinuacion. 1644 J. Bulwer Chirologia 7 When She came to read it, and found not the insinuations of elocution and gesture. 1675 H. Neville tr. N. Machiavelli Life Castruccio Castracani in tr. N. Machiavelli Wks. 241 He..made use of..courtesie and insinuation. 1720 R. Welton tr. T. Alvares de Andrade Sufferings Son of God II. xvii. 465 By the Winning Insinuations of His Agreeable Discourses. 1728 J. Morgan Compl. Hist. Algiers I. Pref. p. ii Nor ever advanced a Step, by way of Insinuation, to curry Favour or Affection, as they say, on any Side. 1814 W. Scott Waverley I. xxi. 318 [Her voice] possessed as well the tones which impress awe and correction as those of persuasive insinuation . View more context for this quotation †b. Rhetoric. A kind of exordium to a speech designed artfully to win over the hearers. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > speech-making > [noun] > a speech > introductory speech or part of speech forespeechc1000 prologuec1350 preamblec1395 preambulationc1395 prooemiumc1485 prolocutiona1525 introduction1529 insinuation1532 preface1532 proem1532 foretalk1565 opening statement1806 insinuance1888 1532 L. Cox Art or Crafte Rhetoryke sig. B.v^v There is yet an other..maner to begyn by insinuacion...He must vse in stede of a preface an insinuacion. 1553 T. Wilson Arte of Rhetorique 60 Insinuation must then, and not els, be used, when the judge is greaved with us, and our cause hated of the hearers. 1586 A. Day Eng. Secretorie i. sig. B7^v We studye to winne fauour and allowaunce..sometimes by insinuation, wherein couertlye..we seeke..to shew that the case..is tollerable. 1616 J. Bullokar Eng. Expositor Insinuation, a cunning speech to creepe into ones fauour. 4. The subtle or insensible instilling of anything into the mind. ΘΚΠ society > education > teaching > instilling ideas > [noun] infusionc1450 insinuationa1530 instillation?c1550 indoctrinating1642 implantation1653 instilling1659 imbuement1693 inoculation1761 instilment1773 indoctrinization1887 indoctrination1950 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > secrecy, concealment > stealthy action, stealth > [noun] > entrance or introduction insinuationa1530 irreption1598 a1530 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfeccyon (1531) iii. f. CCi^v Abhorre to admyt in thy mynde y^e leest insinuacyon or poynt of ony maner of corrupcyon. 1678 R. Cudworth tr. Arnobius in True Intellect. Syst. Universe i. iv. 278 Who by the insinuation of divine truth hath delivered us from such grreat [sic] Errors of mind. 1697 J. Potter Archæologiæ Græcæ I. ii. xiii. 279 The Mind and Phantasy being pure,..might be the fitter to receive Divine insinuations. 1863 J. G. Murphy Crit. Comm. Bk. Gen. (ii. 16–17) 112 By the insinuation of a few fundamental and germinant notions into his mind. 5. The suggestion or hinting of anything indirectly, covertly, or by allusion or implication. Also with plural, an indirect or covert suggestion. ΘΚΠ society > communication > information > hint or covert suggestion > [noun] feelc1485 inkling1529 intimation1531 insinuation1532 by-warning1542 byword1542 item1561 cue1565 air1567 vent1613 insusurration1614 hinta1616 injection1622 indication1626 infusion1641 side glance1693 ground bass1699 touch1706 side view1747 sidewipe1757 allusion1766 penumbra1770 breath1795 slyness1823 by-hint1853 light1854 shove1857 suggestion1863 sous-entendu1865 point1870 sidewiper1870 sniff1936 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > hiding, concealing from view > keeping from knowledge > hidden or indirect meaning > [noun] > communicating indirectly whisperingc1384 mustering1440 insinuation1532 implication1581 whistering1586 insinuating1644 implial1846 1532 T. More Confut. Tyndale in Wks. 819/1 Many other necessary truthes, though they be spoken of in scripture, and some insinuacion made of them..yet [etc.]. 1533 T. More Answere Poysened Bk. iv. viii. f. ccix^v He gaue them an insynuacyon [printed insynnacyon] and sygnyfycacon therof, in that he sayde, And the brede that I shall gyue you is my fleshe. 1642 J. Milton Apol. Smectymnuus 7 A modest title should only informe the buyer what the book containes without furder insinuation. 1664 H. More Modest Enq. Myst. Iniquity 328 There is not the least insinuation or show of implication that God is the Author of sin. 1727 D. Defoe Syst. Magick i. iv. 97 Whether Satan did it thus, or by any other method of Insinuation, we are not sure. 1748 B. Robins & R. Walter Voy. round World by Anson iii. vii. 356 Which groundless insinuations had unluckily but too much weight. 1884 L. J. Jennings in Croker Papers I. x. 287 This insinuation..was promptly met and disposed of at the time. †6. Law. The production or delivery of a will for official registration, as a step towards procuring probate. (So in French; late Latin insinuātio notification, publication, Cod. Justin.) Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > law > transfer of property > testamentary disposition > [noun] > official proving of will > preliminary procedure of insinuation1529 1529 Act 21 Hen. VIII c. 5 Any..person..whyche..shall have auctorite or power to take or receyve probacyon insynuacion or approbacion of testament. 1602 W. Fulbecke Parallele or Conf. Law ii. 32 Such Testaments must be insinuated to the Officiall or Commissarie of the Bishop of the Dioces within foure monethes after the death of the testator: which insinuation is appointed by Law. 1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Insinuation of a Will.., the first Production of it, or the leaving it in the Register's Hands, in order to its Probate. 1726 J. Ayliffe Parergon Juris Canonici Anglicani 534 The Insinuation or Registring of Wills is the Publication of Wills at the Acts of Court. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online June 2020). < n.a1530
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