INSINCERITY
In`sin*cer"i*ty, n. Etym: [Cf. F. insincérité.]
Defn: The quality of being insincere; want of sincerity, or of being in reality what one appears to be; dissimulation; hypocritical; deceitfulness; hollowness; untrustworthiness; as, the insincerity of a professed friend; the insincerity of professions of regard. What men call policy and knowledge of the world, is commonly no other thing than dissimulation and insincerity. Blair.
INSINEW
In*sin"ew, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Insinewed; p. pr. & vb. n.
Insinewing.]
Defn: To strengthen, as with sinews; to invigorate. [Obs.]
All members of our cause, . . . That are insinewed to this action.
Shak.
INSINUANT
In*sin"u*ant, a. Etym: [L. insinuans, p. pr.: cf. F. insinuant.]
Defn: Insinuating; insinuative. [Obs.]
INSINUATE
In*sin"u*ate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Insinuated; p. pr. & vb. n.
Insinuating.] Etym: [L. insinuatus, p. p. of insinuareto insinuate;
pref. in- in + sinus the bosom. See Sinuous.]
1. To introduce gently or slowly, as by a winding or narrow passage, or a gentle, persistent movement. The water easily insinuates itself into, and placidly distends, the vessels of vegetables. Woodward.
2. To introduce artfully; to infuse gently; to instill. All the art of rhetoric, besides order and clearness, are for nothing else but to insinuate wrong ideas, move the passions, and thereby mislead the judgment. Locke. Horace laughs to shame all follies and insinuates virtue, rather by familiar examples than by the severity of precepts. Dryden.
3. To hint; to suggest by remote allusion; — often used derogatorily; as, did you mean to insinuate anything