Insinuendo
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 insinuation containing innuendo
"Truly a man may wish, “O that mine enemy would let me write his Preface! Could I not damn with faint praise and stab with sharp insinuendo?” – to use the labor-saving and much-needed word thoughtlessly invented by the sable legislator of South Carolina."
Example
More examples"Truly a man may wish, “O that mine enemy would let me write his Preface! Could I not damn with faint praise and stab with sharp insinuendo?” – to use the labor-saving and much-needed word thoughtlessly invented by the sable legislator of South Carolina."
Etymology
Blend of insinuation + innuendo.
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