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cligner.

to squint

7 characters2 syllables approx.Français language

Meaning & usage

verb/kli.ɲe/
  1. to squint

Where this word comes from

Inherited from Old French clignier, clingnier, itself probably from a Vulgar Latin *clūdiniare < *clūdināre, a derivative of clūdō, clūdere, variant of claudō (“close, shut”) (cf. French clore); it may have been phonetically influenced (transition of -ui- to -i-) in early French by descendants of clināre (cf. Old French cliner), or more likely guigner.

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