eschew
[es-choo]
- to abstain or keep away from; shun; avoid: to eschew evil.
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Origin of eschew
1300–50; Middle English eschewen < Old French eschiver, eschever < Germanic; compare Old High German sciuhen, German scheuchen, shy2
Synonyms
See more synonyms for eschew on Thesaurus.comcircumvent, boycott; forgo.
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eschew
- (tr) to keep clear of or abstain from (something disliked, injurious, etc); shun; avoid
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Word Origin
C14: from Old French eschiver, of Germanic origin; compare Old High German skiuhan to frighten away; see shy 1, skew
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Word Origin and History for eschewal
eschew
v.
mid-14c., from Old French eschiver "shun, eschew, avoid, dispense with," from Frankish *skiuhan "dread, avoid, shun," from Proto-Germanic *skeukhwaz (cf. Old High German sciuhen "to avoid, escape," German scheuen "to fear, shun, shrink from," scheu "shy, timid"); see shy (v.). Related: Eschewed; eschewing. Italian schivare "to avoid, shun, protect from," schivo "shy, bashful" also are loan words from West Germanic.
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