asquint

Senso (Inglese)

Adj

Looking sideways, as though warily.

Adv

With narrowed eyes.

Concetti

diffidente

obliquo

sospettoso

sinonimi

askance

askew

askant

sidelong

squinty

squint-eyed

squint

slantwise

agley

aslant

awry

bias

obliquely

sideway

sideways

twinkler

Traduzioni

λοξά

καμμύων

λοξώς

méfiant

strabisme

loens

gözunün ucuyla bakan

gözünün ucuyla bakarak

desconfiat

yan yan bakarak

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/əˈskwɪnt/

Etimologia (Inglese)

Ereditato da inglese medio: asquint

Affine olandese: schuinte

Affine saterfriesisch: Schüünte

Affine frisone occidentale: skeante

Affine inglese medio: askoin

Affine olandese: schuin

Affine frisone occidentale: skean

Affine norvegese 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”).