Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗Acting suspiciously; strange, unusual; acting in a manner as if having something to hide, or seemingly crooked. · Suspicious (of something). · Dishonest; sketchy; shady · Weird; nonstandard.
Possibly from obsolete Scots hink, from Old Norse hinka (“to limp or hobble”), probably not from Old English inca (“doubt; suspicion”). Possibly from hank (“a loop or coil or anything that curbs or restrains”). Possibly from African-American usage: hincty or hinkty.
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