aloof
Senso (Inglese)
Concetti
in disparte
a distanza
a parte
con distacco
sinonimi
further off
arm’s length
repudiative
difficult to overcome
Traduzioni
Frequenza
Pronunciato come (IPA)
/əˈluːf/
Etimologia (Inglese)
In summary
From Middle English loof (“weather gage, windward direction”), probably from Middle Dutch (Compare Dutch loef (“the weather side of a ship”)), originally a nautical order to keep the ship's head to the wind, thus to stay clear of a lee-shore or some other quarter, hence the figurative sense of "at a distance, apart".
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