Didion’s missives were keenly observant, full of language that cut like a skean.—Erin Overbey, The New Yorker, 23 Dec. 2021
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Word History
Etymology
Noun
Middle English skene, from Irish scian & Scottish Gaelic sgian, from Old Irish scían; probably akin to Sanskrit chyati he cuts off — more at science
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