English
innuent
Innuent comes from Latin innuens ‘nodding, hinting’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEinnuens‘nodding, hinting’
- Englishearliest quotation 1898innuent
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEinnuens‘nodding, hinting’
- Englishearliest quotation 1898innuent
Earliest quotation: 1898, The American Archaeologist:: “innuent reference to my being "very successful in making…”
Every English word from Latin innuens
Today it means
adj Conveying a hint or innuendo.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin innuens / innuent