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eschew
English
Etymology
From Middle English eschewen, from Anglo-Norman eschiver, (third-person present eschiu), from Frankish *skiuhan (“to dread, shun, avoid”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?s?t?u?/, /?s?t?u?/, /???t?u?/
- (US) IPA(key): /?s?t?u/, /?s?t?u/, /?s?t?ju/
- (US, sometimes proscribed) IPA(key): /???u/, /???u/ or /??skju/
- Garner's Modern American Usage prefers /s.t?/, proscribes /?/, and does not recognize /sk/.
- (US, sometimes proscribed) IPA(key): /???u/, /???u/ or /??skju/
Verb
eschew (third-person singular simple present eschews, present participle eschewing, simple past and past participle eschewed)
- (transitive, formal) To avoid; to shun, to shy away from.
Usage notes
- The verb eschew is not normally applied to the avoidance or shunning of a person or physical object, but rather, only to the avoidance or shunning of an idea, concept, or other intangible.
Quotations
- Let him eschew evil, and do good; let him seek peace, and ensue it.
- 1927, H. P. Lovecraft, "The Horror at Red Hook"
- He could afford no servants, and would admit but few visitors to his absolute solitude; eschewing close friendships and receiving his rare acquaintances in one of the three ground-floor rooms which he kept in order.
Derived terms
- eschewable
- eschewment
- umbeschew
- uneschewable
Related terms
- shy
Translations
References
Anagrams
- Schewe
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baffle
English
Alternative forms
- bafful, baffol (both obsolete)
Etymology
Origin uncertain. Perhaps related to French bafouer (“to scorn”) or obsolete French befer (“to mock”), via Scots bauchle (“to disgrace”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?bæfl?/
- Hyphenation: baf?fle
- Rhymes: -æf?l
Verb
baffle (third-person singular simple present baffles, present participle baffling, simple past and past participle baffled)
- (obsolete) To publicly disgrace, especially of a recreant knight. [16th-17th c.]
- 1596, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, VI.7:
- He by the heeles him hung upon a tree, / And baffuld so, that all which passed by / The picture of his punishment might see […].
- 1596, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, VI.7:
- (obsolete) To hoodwink or deceive (someone). [16th-18th c.]
- a. 1677, Isaac Barrow, The Duty of Prayer (sermon)
- pretences to baffle with his goodness
- a. 1677, Isaac Barrow, The Duty of Prayer (sermon)
- To bewilder completely; to confuse or perplex. [from 17th c.]
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:confuse
- 1843, William H. Prescott, The History of the Conquest of Mexico
- computations, so difficult as to have baffled, till a comparatively recent period, the most enlightened nations
- Every abstruse problem, every intricate question will not baffle, discourage or break it [the mind]
- (now rare) To foil; to thwart. [from 17th c.]
- 1798, William Cowper, On the Receipt of My Mother's Picture
- the art that baffles time's tyrannic claim
- a suitable scripture ready to repel and baffle them all
- 1915, Edward Plunkett, Lord Dunsany, Fifty-One Tales
- So they had to search the world again for a sphinx. And still there was none. But they were not men that it is easy to baffle, and at last they found a sphinx in a desert at evening watching a ruined temple whose gods she had eaten hundreds of years ago when her hunger was on her.
- 1798, William Cowper, On the Receipt of My Mother's Picture
- (intransitive) To struggle in vain. [from 19th c.]
Translations
Derived terms
- bafflegab
Noun
baffle (plural baffles)
- A device used to dampen the effects of such things as sound, light, or fluid. Specifically, a baffle is a surface which is placed inside an open area to inhibit direct motion from one part to another, without preventing motion altogether.
- An architectural feature designed to confuse enemies or make them vulnerable.
- (US, dialect, coal mining) A lever for operating the throttle valve of a winding engine.
Descendants
- ? French: baffle
- ? Spanish: bafle
Translations
Further reading
- “baffle”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
References
French
Etymology
Borrowed from English baffle.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bafl/
Noun
baffle m or f (plural baffles)
- speaker (audio)
- Synonym: haut-parleur
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