Innuendos

noun

Word Frequency: 0.1

Definitions

1.nounA derogatory hint or reference to a person or thing. An implication, intimation or insinuation.

"She made a devious innuendo about her husband, who was embarrassed."

2.nounA rhetorical device with an omitted, but obvious conclusion, made to increase the force of an argument.

3.nounPart of a pleading in cases of libel and slander, pointing out what and whom was meant by the libellous matter or description.

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