eschew

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English eschewen, from Anglo-Norman eschiver, (third-person present eschiu), from Frankish *skiuhijan (“to dread, shun, avoid”); thus a doublet of skew. For the pronunciation with /ʃ/, compare the development of marshal from Middle English marschal (/marsˈt͡ʃaːl/) or Middle English myssheve, variant of myschef (“hardship”). Variants in /sk/ are either from unattested Middle English *eskewen (from Old Northern French eskiver; compare skew) or are spelling pronunciations. See also French esquiver. === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /ɛsˈt͡ʃuː/, /ɪsˈt͡ʃuː/, /ɪʃˈt͡ʃuː/ (US) IPA(key): /ɛsˈt͡ʃu/, /ɪsˈt͡ʃu/, /ɛsˈt͡ʃju/ (US, UK, sometimes proscribed) IPA(key): /ɛˈʃu/, /ɪˈʃu/ (US, UK, sometimes proscribed) IPA(key): /ɛˈskju/ Garner's Modern American Usage prefers /s.t͡ʃ/, proscribes /ʃ/, and does not recognize /sk/. Rhymes: -uː === Verb === eschew (third-person singular simple present eschews, present participle eschewing, simple past and past participle eschewed) (transitive, formal) To avoid; to shun, to shy away from. ==== Usage notes ==== The verb eschew is not normally applied to the avoidance or shunning of a person or physical object, but rather, only to the avoidance or shunning of an idea, concept, or other intangible. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== shy ==== Translations ==== === References === === Anagrams === Schewe, Wesche