Today's Word "eschew"
To shun or avoid
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eschew \es-CHOO\ (transitive verb) - To shun; to avoid (as something wrong or distasteful).
"Normally, I would eschew the Minneapolis skyway system. Only normally it wasn't five degrees below zero and normally the wind that seemed to gain velocity as it was funneled between the downtown skyscrapers wasn't pwereful enough to lift you off your feet." -- David Housewright, 'Pretty Girl Gone'
Eschew comes from Old French eschiver, ultimately of Germanic origin.
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