Suspicion
Suspicion , noun
[Old English suspecioun, Old French souspecon, French soupcon, Latin suspectio a looking up to, an esteeming highly, suspicion, from suspicere to look up, to esteem, to mistrust. The modern form suspicion in English and French is in imitation of Latin suspicio mistrust, suspicion. See Suspect, and compare 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.
2.
Slight degree; suggestion; hint. [Colloquial]
The features are mild but expressive, with just a suspicion... of saturnine or sarcastic humor.
Suspicion , transitive verb
To view with suspicion; to suspect; to doubt. [Obsolete or Low] — South