Asquint
adj, adv ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 Looking sideways, as though warily. not-comparable
"Eyes asquint, he saw she was driving much too fast."
- 1 (used especially of glances) directed to one side with or as if with doubt or suspicion or envy wordnet
- 1 With narrowed eyes. not-comparable
"[B]oth the muſes and the graces are his hard Miſtriſſes, though he daily Invocate them, though he ſacrifize Hecatombs, they ſtil look a ſquint, […]"
Example
More examples"Love, being jealous, makes a good eye look asquint."
Etymology
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”).
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