asquint

Significado (Inglés)

Adj

Looking sideways, as though warily.

Adv

With narrowed eyes.

Sinónimos

askance

askew

askant

sidelong

squinty

squint-eyed

squint

slantwise

agley

aslant

awry

bias

obliquely

sideway

sideways

twinkler

Traducións

λοξά

καμμύων

λοξώς

méfiant

strabisme

diffidente

obliquo

sospettoso

loens

gözunün ucuyla bakan

gözünün ucuyla bakarak

desconfiat

yan yan bakarak

Pronúnciase como (IPA)

/əˈskwɪnt/

Etimoloxía (Inglés)

Herdado de Middle English: asquint

Relativo a neerlandés: schuinte

Relativo a Saterfriesisch: Schüünte

Relativo a frisón occidental: skeante

Relativo a Middle English: askoin

Relativo a neerlandés: schuin

Relativo a frisón occidental: skean

Relativo a noruegués nynorsk: skeina

In summary

From Middle English asquint, asquynt, asqweynt, equivalent to a- (“on, at”) + a word related to Dutch schuinte (“tilt, slant, slope”), Saterland Frisian Schüünte (“slope, slant”), West Frisian skeante (“slope, slant”), German Low German Schüünte (“angle, slant, slope, pitch”). Compare also Middle English askoin, askoyn, of skwyn (“on a slant, askance”), Dutch schuin (“oblique, slanting, sloping”), West Frisian skean (“oblique, slanting, sloping”), German Low German schüün (“slanting”), Norwegian Nynorsk skeina (“to move obliquely”).