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Webster 1913 Edition

Suspicion

Sus-pi′cion

,
Noun.
[OE.
suspecioun
, OF.
souspeçon
, F.
soupçon
, L.
suspectio
a looking up to, an esteeming highly, suspicion, fr.
suspicere
to look up, to esteem, to mistrust. The modern form
suspicion
in English and French is in imitation of L.
suspicio
mistrust, suspicion. See
Suspect
, and cf.
Suspicious
.]
1.
The act of suspecting; the imagination or apprehension of the existence of something (esp. something wrong or hurtful) without proof, or upon very slight evidence, or upon no evidence.
Suspicions
among thoughts are like bats among birds, they ever fly by twilight.
Bacon.
2.
Slight degree; suggestion; hint.
[Colloq.]
The features are mild but expressive, with just a
suspicion
. . . of saturnine or sarcastic humor.
A. W. Ward.
Syn. – Jealousy; distrust; mistrust; diffidence; doubt.

Sus-pi′cion

,
Verb.
T.
To view with suspicion; to suspect; to doubt.
[Obs. or Low]
South.

Webster 1828 Edition

Suspicion

SUSPI'CION

,
Noun.
[L. suspicio. See Suspect.] The act of suspecting; the imagination of the existence of something without proof, or upon very slight evidence, or upon no evidence at all. Suspicion often proceeds from the apprehension of evil; it is the offspring or companion of jealousy.
Suspicions among thoughts, are like bats among birds; they ever fly by twilight.

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