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Date: 1400-1500
Origin: Perhaps from Italian a scancio 'across'

askance

 adverb
     
a‧skance

look askance (at somebody/something)

if you look askance at something, you do not approve of it or think it is good:
A waiter looked askance at Ellis's jeans.
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