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aloof
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[əˈluːf], (Adjective)
Definitions:
- not friendly or forthcoming; cool and distant
(e.g: they were courteous but faintly aloof)
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Origin
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mid 16th century: from a- (expressing direction) + luff. The term was originally an adverb in nautical use, meaning ‘away and to windward!’, i.e. with the ship's head kept close to the wind away from a lee shore etc. towards which it might drift. From this arose the sense ‘at a distance’
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