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Topic Options #124216 - 02/29/04 05:55 PM askance wwh Carpal Tunnel Registered: 01/18/01 Posts: 13858 "I should not like to get into that man's clutches," said I, as my superior rejoined me; "he has a way of making one appear so small." Mr. Gryce shot an askancelook at his shadow gloomily following him along the pavement. (I have seen that look so many times, I did not need to look it up. But I still wonder how it originated.) askance [ə'skæns], askant [ə'skænt] adverb(ial) 1 with an oblique glance 2 with doubt or mistrust [ETYMOLOGY: 16th Century: of unknown origin] Top #124217 - 03/03/04 04:01 AM Re: askance Bingley Carpal Tunnel Registered: 04/09/00 Posts: 3065 Loc: Jakarta Don't remember having seen it as an adjective before, only an adverb, as in "He looked askance at the yelling children at the next table." Bingley _________________________ Bingley Top Previous Topic Index Next Topic Preview Hop to: General Topics ------   Information and announcements   Q&A about words   Wordplay and fun   Words and languages in schools   Miscellany   Weekly Themes   Looking for (writers, speakers, ...) (Old) Weekly themes. (have been consolidated into a single forum above) ------   Words from medicine   Beheading words   Meta-words   Words from classical mythology   Animal Safari   Words with unusual etymologies   Eponyms or words derived from people's names.   Loanwords from German   English as a global language Moderator:  Jackie  Print Topic Switch to Threaded Mode View profile Send a PM Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM Add to your Watched Users View posts Forum Stats 8947 Members 16 Forums 13866 Topics 222213 Posts Max Online: 3341 @ 12/09/11 02:15 PM Newest Members michor, Daksh1, geoffhargreaves, Guadalupe, may2point0 8947 Registered Users Who's Online 0 registered (), 44 Guests and 5 Spiders online. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters (30 Days) wofahulicodoc 65 LukeJavan8 53 may2point0 19 Tromboniator 3 geoffhargreaves 1 jheem 1 Top Posters wwh 13858 Faldage 13803 Jackie 11613 tsuwm 10538 LukeJavan8 8438 Buffalo Shrdlu 7210 wofahulicodoc 6799 AnnaStrophic 6511 Wordwind 6296 of troy 5400

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