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insinuator|ɪnˈsɪnjuːeɪtə(r)|
Also 7 -er.
[a. L. insinuātor, agent-n. f. insinuāre to insinuate: see -or.]
One who insinuates. a. One who artfully creeps into favour. b. One who hints or suggests subtly.
1598Florio, Insinuatore, an insinuator, a craftie slie creeper into ones bosome, fauor or mind. 1619Purchas Microcosmus lxi. 604 To keepe out the Robber and Cheater, the violent Intruder, and fraudulent Insinuater. a1641Bp. R. Montagu Acts & Mon. (1642) 416 They were not insinuators with the female sexe. 1741Richardson Pamela xxviii, Why, prythee now, insinuator, said he, say the worst you can. 1748― Clarissa xlii, This is all you desire at present, creeper-on, insinuator! |