insinuatingadj.

Etymology: < insinuate v. + -ing suffix².Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: inˈsinuating.

1. That penetrates by sinuous windings between the particles of a body; subtly penetrating.

ΘΚΠ

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

insinuating1615

instealing1844

insinuant1877

1615 J. Stephens Ess. & Characters (new ed.) 170 His wit and apprehension (like the insinuating ayre) will pierce through lesse cranyes then the pores of a mans bodie.

1735 W. Somervile Chace iv. 369 Th' insinuating Eel, that hides his Head Beneath the slimy Mud.

1744 G. Berkeley Siris (ESTC T72826) §60 A volatile, smooth, insinuating oil.

1799 tr. J. H. Meister Lett. Resid. Eng. 165 Black smoak..of the most subtile and insinuating nature.

2. That artfully works his way into company, position, favour, etc.; wily, wheedling, ingratiating. Of persons, their manner, etc.

ΘΚΠ

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

fikingc1230

papelarda1500

gnathonical1540

clawing1574

pickthank1575

slavering1575

claw-back1577

courting1580

fawning1585

adulatory1587

insinuating1592

insinuative1592

scraping1599

adulatorious1612

men-pleasing1615

pickthanking1621

sycophantical1632

gnathonic1637

insinuanta1639

sycophantizing1640

ingratiating1642

led1672

sycophanting1674

sycophantly1680

sycophanta1684

sycophantica1698

pickthankly1702

assiduous1725

foot-licking1786

tuft-hunting1789

sycophantish1821

favour-currying1831

bootlicking1849

toadying1863

creepy-crawly1890

slauming1904

toadyish1909

ass-licking1940

ass-kissing1942

brown-nosing1946

arse-licking1950

sucky1991

1592 T. Nashe Pierce Penilesse (Brit. Libr. copy) sig. D ^v Let not a seruile insinuating slaue creep betwixt your legs into credit with your Lords.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 1 (1623) ii. iv. 35 Without all colour Of base insinuating flatterie, I pluck this white Rose with Plantagenet.

1664 H. More Modest Enq. Myst. Iniquity 209 A more cunning Impostour and insinuating Hypocrite.

1782 W. Cowper Progress of Error in Poems 7 By what unseen and unsuspected arts The serpent Error twines round human hearts..The poisonous, black, insinuating worm.

a1859 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. (1861) V. 27 Englishmen of honourable name, distinguished appearance, and insinuating address.

Derivatives

inˈsinuatingly adv. in an insinuating manner.

ΘΚΠ

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

clawingly1566

fawningly1591

ambitiously1598

adulatoriously1601

sycophantically1643

sycophantly1672

smoothingly1843

sycophantishly1847

insinuatingly1860

ingratiatingly1886

1860 G. Meredith Evan Harrington vi, in Once a Week 25 Feb. 181/1 He insinuatingly remarked he could jog on all night.

1882 C. E. L. Riddell Prince of Wales's Garden-party 24 ‘Is your husband very shy, Mrs. Arkley?’ enquired the judge's granddaughter, blandly and insinuatingly.

inˈsinuatingness n. (Bailey vol. II 1727).

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

单词	insinuating
释义	insinuatingadj. Etymology: < insinuate v. + -ing suffix².Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: inˈsinuating. 1. That penetrates by sinuous windings between the particles of a body; subtly penetrating. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming in > [adjective] > surreptitiously or subtly insinuating1615 instealing1844 insinuant1877 1615 J. Stephens Ess. & Characters (new ed.) 170 His wit and apprehension (like the insinuating ayre) will pierce through lesse cranyes then the pores of a mans bodie. 1735 W. Somervile Chace iv. 369 Th' insinuating Eel, that hides his Head Beneath the slimy Mud. 1744 G. Berkeley Siris (ESTC T72826) §60 A volatile, smooth, insinuating oil. 1799 tr. J. H. Meister Lett. Resid. Eng. 165 Black smoak..of the most subtile and insinuating nature. 2. That artfully works his way into company, position, favour, etc.; wily, wheedling, ingratiating. Of persons, their manner, etc. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > flattery or flattering > servile flattery or currying favour > [adjective] fikingc1230 papelarda1500 gnathonical1540 clawing1574 pickthank1575 slavering1575 claw-back1577 courting1580 fawning1585 adulatory1587 insinuating1592 insinuative1592 scraping1599 adulatorious1612 men-pleasing1615 pickthanking1621 sycophantical1632 gnathonic1637 insinuanta1639 sycophantizing1640 ingratiating1642 led1672 sycophanting1674 sycophantly1680 sycophanta1684 sycophantica1698 pickthankly1702 assiduous1725 foot-licking1786 tuft-hunting1789 sycophantish1821 favour-currying1831 bootlicking1849 toadying1863 creepy-crawly1890 slauming1904 toadyish1909 ass-licking1940 ass-kissing1942 brown-nosing1946 arse-licking1950 sucky1991 1592 T. Nashe Pierce Penilesse (Brit. Libr. copy) sig. D ^v Let not a seruile insinuating slaue creep betwixt your legs into credit with your Lords. a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 1 (1623) ii. iv. 35 Without all colour Of base insinuating flatterie, I pluck this white Rose with Plantagenet. View more context for this quotation 1664 H. More Modest Enq. Myst. Iniquity 209 A more cunning Impostour and insinuating Hypocrite. 1782 W. Cowper Progress of Error in Poems 7 By what unseen and unsuspected arts The serpent Error twines round human hearts..The poisonous, black, insinuating worm. a1859 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. (1861) V. 27 Englishmen of honourable name, distinguished appearance, and insinuating address. Derivatives inˈsinuatingly adv. in an insinuating manner. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > flattery or flattering > servile flattery or currying favour > [adverb] clawingly1566 fawningly1591 ambitiously1598 adulatoriously1601 sycophantically1643 sycophantly1672 smoothingly1843 sycophantishly1847 insinuatingly1860 ingratiatingly1886 1860 G. Meredith Evan Harrington vi, in Once a Week 25 Feb. 181/1 He insinuatingly remarked he could jog on all night. 1882 C. E. L. Riddell Prince of Wales's Garden-party 24 ‘Is your husband very shy, Mrs. Arkley?’ enquired the judge's granddaughter, blandly and insinuatingly. inˈsinuatingness n. (Bailey vol. II 1727). This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online June 2020). > as lemmas inˈsinuating inˈsinuating n. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > existence > intrinsicality or inherence > introduction or bringing in > [noun] > intrusion obtrusion1606 interloping1615 intrusion1639 obtruding1641 insinuating1644 infiltration1840 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 1644 J. Milton Doctr. Divorce (ed. 2) To Parl. sig. A2 The suttle insinuating of Error and Custome. extracted from insinuatev. < adj.1592 as lemmas
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insinuatingadj.

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