eschew
pronunciation
How to pronounce eschew in British English:
UK [ɪsˈtʃuː]
How to pronounce eschew in American English:
US [ɪsˈtʃuː]
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- Verb:
- avoid and stay away from deliberately; stay clear of
Word Origin
- eschew
- eschew: [14] Eschew is ultimately of Germanic origin, although it reached English via French. Its remote ancestor is prehistoric Germanic *skeukhwaz, source also of English shy. A verb based on this, *skeukhwan, was borrowed into Vulgar Latin as *skīvāre, which in Old French became eschiver or eschuer – whence English eschew. An Old Northern French variant of the Old French form, eskiuer, gave English skew [14] (which originally meant ‘escape’), while modern French esquiver ‘dodge’ (actually a reborrowing from Italian schivare rather than a direct descendant of Old French eschiver) could be the source of English skive [20], a probable borrowing by British servicemen in France during World War I.=> skew, skive
- eschew (v.)
- mid-14c., from Old French eschiver "shun, eschew, avoid, dispense with," from Frankish *skiuhan "dread, avoid, shun," from Proto-Germanic *skeukhwaz (cognates: Old High German sciuhen "to avoid, escape," German scheuen "to fear, shun, shrink from," scheu "shy, timid"); see shy (adj.). Related: Eschewed; eschewing; eschewal; eschewance. Italian schivare "to avoid, shun, protect from," schivo "shy, bashful" are related loan words from Germanic. For e-, see e-.
Example
- 1. Mr bernanke must eschew easily politicised decisions .
- 2. It wasn 't because he decided to eschew a traditional career and instead become a writer .
- 3. The alternative possibility is that firms will eschew issuing equity and raise capital in the form of debt instead .
- 4. But it should eschew resentment if it wants china to co-exist easily with the rest of the world .
- 5. That said , kazakhstan 's rulers rely mostly on intimidation and eschew the pervasive brutality practiced in neighboring uzbekistan .