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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
insinuate /ɪnˈsɪnjʊeɪt/
▶verb
- 1 suggest (something bad) in an indirect and unpleasant way.
- 2 (insinuate oneself into) manoeuvre oneself gradually into (a favourable position).
- 3 slide slowly and smoothly into a place.
– derivatives
insinuating adjective,
insinuatingly adverb,
insinuator noun.
insinuating adjective,
insinuatingly adverb,
insinuator noun.
– origin C16 (in the sense ‘enter a document on the official register’): from L. insinuat-, insinuare ‘introduce tortuously’, from in- ‘in’ + sinuare ‘to curve’.
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