Meaning

noun an indirect suggestion

noun a slight indication

noun a slight but appreciable amount

originFrom Middle English hinten, hynten, variant of henten (“to lay hold of, catch”), from Old English hentan (“to seize, grasp”), from Proto-West Germanic *hantijan, from Proto-Germanic *hantijaną. Doublet of hent. Related also to hunt.

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