Oblique
/əˈbliːk/noun
Not in a straight or direct course; slanting or indirect.
Did you know?Oblique comes through Old French from Latin obliquus, a word used for slanting lines, indirect movement, and even figurative “crooked” behavior.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*leigʷ-
“to bend, twist, or turn aside”
Latin
Latin
obliquus
“slanting, sideways, indirect”
Old French
Old French
oblique
“slanting, not straight”
Middle English
English
oblik
“slanting, inclined”
Modern English
English
oblique
“slanting or indirect”