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English

Etymology

From Latin ?nsinu?tor.

Noun

insinuator (plural insinuators)

1. One who insinuates.

Anagrams

• ruinations, sturionian, urinations

Latin

Etymology

From ?nsinu? (“insinuate”) +? -tor.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /in.si.nu?a?.tor/, [??s??nu?ä?t??r]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /in.si.nu?a.tor/, [insinu???t??r]

Noun

?nsinu?tor m (genitive ?nsinu?t?ris, feminine ?nsinu?tr?x); third declension

1. (Ecclesiastical Latin) an introducer

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Derived terms

• ?nsinu?tr?x

Related terms

• ?nsinu?ti?
• ?nsinu?

Descendants

• English: insinuator

References

• insinuator in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• insinuator in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• insinuator in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French insinuation, from Old French, from Latin insinuatio, from ?nsinu? (“to push in, creep in, steal in”), from in (“in”) + sinus (“a winding, bend, bay, fold, bosom”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?n?s?nju?e???n/
• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

insinuation (countable and uncountable, plural insinuations)

1. The act or process of insinuating; a creeping, winding, or flowing in.
2. The act of gaining favor, affection, or influence, by gentle or artful means; — formerly used in a good sense, as of friendly influence or interposition.
3. The art or power of gaining good will by a prepossessing manner.
4. That which is insinuated; a hint; a suggestion, innuendo or intimation by distant allusion
   • slander may be conveyed by insinuations.

Related terms

• insinuate
• insinuator

Translations

Further reading

• insinuation in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• insinuation in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

French

Etymology

From Old French, borrowed from Latin ?nsinu?ti?, ?nsinu?ti?nem.

Pronunciation

Noun

insinuation f (plural insinuations)

1. insinuation

Related terms

• insinuer

Further reading

• “insinuation” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).