SQUINTING MODIFIER


Meaning of SQUINTING MODIFIER in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ noun ]

Date: 1924

: a modifier (as often in “getting dressed often is a nuisance”) so placed in a sentence that it can be interpreted as modifying either what precedes or what follows

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.