insinuation

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noun

Plural noun:

insinuations

1.
(countable, uncountable)The act or process of insinuating; a creeping, winding, or flowing in.
2.
(countable, uncountable)The act of gaining favor, affection, or influence, by gentle or artful means; — formerly used in a good sense, as of friendly influence or interposition.
3.
(countable, uncountable)The art or power of gaining good will by a prepossessing manner.
4.
(countable, uncountable)That which is insinuated; a hint; a suggestion, innuendo or intimation by distant allusion
Slander may be conveyed by insinuations.

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Nguồn gốc từ

Borrowed from Middle French insinuation, from Old French -, from Latin insinuatio, from īnsinuō (to push in, creep in, steal in), from in (in) + sinus (a winding, bend, bay, fold, bosom).