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skewy

adj
/ˈskuː.i/

Etymology

From skew + -y.

  1. derived from *skewH-✻ — “to cover, protect”
  2. derived from scūtum — “a shield”
  3. derived from escu
  4. derived from eschieu
  5. derived from eschu
  6. inherited from skeu
  7. suffixed as skewy — “skew + y”

Definitions

  1. Skewed or skewing

    Skewed or skewing; tending to skew; showing signs of skewing.

    • ... skewy seams, by the light of a dripping tallow candle.
    • ... skewy at the centre; but it was a very good star for all that.
    • ... skewy pines and herds of wide-horned bullocks shared that quiet land with plover and corn-crake, water-rats […]

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA