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insinuation

n.
US //ˌɪnˌsɪnjuˈeɪʃən// UK //ɪnsˌɪnjuːˈeɪʃən// in·sin·u·a·tion
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Origin

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”).

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