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eschew

/esˈtʃuː/es-CHOO
/ɛsˈtʃu/es-CHOO

Meaningshy away

Common meaning: deliberately avoid

Journey through time

  1. Old High Germansciuhan‘shy away’source
  2. Old Frenchesckeversource
  3. Middle Englishmeaning shiftsshy away → avoideschewen‘avoid’source
  4. Englisheschew‘deliberately avoid’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Built on Old High German sciuhan ‘shy away’.

Roots

  • sciuhan Old High German “shy away”

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