Definitions
conceal one's true motives from especially by elaborately feigning good intentions so as to gain an end
Word origin
The noun is derived from Middle English snaw, snou, snow (“snow; accumulation of snow; snowfall; snowstorm; whiteness”), from Old English snāw (“snow”), from Proto-West Germanic *snaiw (“snow”), from Proto-Germanic *snaiwaz (“snow”), from Proto-Indo-European *snóygʷʰos (“snow”), from *sneygʷʰ- (“to snow”).
Used in a sentence
“Snow is white, / And lieth in the dike. And every man lets it lye.”
“Didſt thou but knovv the inly touch of Loue, / Thou vvouldſt as ſoone goe kindle fire vvith ſnovv / As ſeeke to quench the fire of Loue vvith vvords.”
“And vvho doth lead them but a paltrey fellovv,? / Long kept in Brittaine at our mothers coſt, / A milkeſopt, one that neuer in his life / Felt ſo much colde as ouer ſhooes in ſnovv: […]”
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Used as a crossword answer10 curated clues
01“Cold flakes from clouds”4 letters
02“Cold white flakes”4 letters
03“Flakes in winter”4 letters
04“Ski slope covering”4 letters
05“White flakes from clouds”4 letters
06“White flakes in winter”4 letters
07“White winter flakes”4 letters
08“White winter precipitation”4 letters
09“Winter blanket”4 letters
10“Winter flakes”4 letters
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