i 1 n 1 s 1 i 1 n 1 u 1 a 1 t 1 e 1
9 letters · 9 points in Scrabble
Meaning
verb introduce or insert (oneself) in a subtle manner
verb give to understand
originFirst attested in 1529; Borrowed from Latin īnsinuātus, perfect passive participle of īnsinuō (“to push in, creep in, steal in”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), from in- (“in”) + sinus (“a winding, bend, bay, fold, bosom”) -ō (verb-forming suffix). Regular participial usage of the adjective up until Early Modern English.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0
Also spells
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