Other forms: eschewed, eschewing, eschews
To eschew is to keep away from something on principle. Eschew all publicity.
The principle is what matters, since avoiding something out of dislike is not eschewing it. It is a formal word and is nearly always used about a deliberate habit.
1verbeschewTo keep away from something on principle.
“He would eschew any interview for the whole of his career.”
eschew is an avoiding.
Old French eschiver comes from Frankish skiuhijan, to shun; it is a doublet of shy.
Frankish
*skiuhijan — to dread, shun, avoid
Anglo-Norman
eschiver
Middle English
eschewen
English, today
eschew
Built from
From Middle English eschewen, from Anglo-Norman eschiver, (third-person present eschiu), from Frankish skiuhijan (“to dread, shun, avoid”); thus a a doublet of skew. For the pronunciation with, compare the development of marshal from marschal () or myssheve, variant of myschef (“hardship”). Variants in are either from unattested eskewen (from eskiver; compare skew) or are spelling pronunciations. See also French esquiver.
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