/
kəˈnʌɪv/
v.
(
connive at/in)
secretly allow (a wrongdoing).
▸
[often as adj. conniving]
conspire to do something unlawful or harmful.
Derivative
- connivance n.
- conniver n.
Etymology
C17 (earlier (C16) as connivance): from Fr. conniver or L. connivere ‘shut the eyes (to)’, from con- ‘together’ + an unrecorded word rel. to nictare ‘to wink’.
