Eschewed
[es'tʃu:d]
Examples
- Any enjoyment that bordered on riot seemed to approach me to her and her vices, and I eschewed it. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- He eschewed gloves, and looked, upon the whole, something like a dissipated Robinson Crusoe. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- He has already eschewed green coats, red neckcloths, and other worldly ornaments, and is preparing himself for a change in his condition. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
Editor: Susanna