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connivance

/kəˈnaɪvəns/kuh-NIGH-vuhns
UK form converted from the US by rule · unchecked
/kəˈnaɪvəns/kuh-NIGH-vuhns

Meaningthe act of conniving

Common meaning: secretly allowing wrongdoing

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Journey through time

  1. Latinconniveresource
  2. Frenchconniver‘overlook wrongdoing’source
  3. Englishconnive‘secretly cooperate in wrongdoing’
  4. Englishformed in English from conniveconnivance‘secretly allowing wrongdoing’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Formed in English from connive + -ance.

Dictionary: Skeat (1898), CONNIVE, p.130 · scan

Source words

  • connivere Latin · source word “close the eyes”

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