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Innuendo

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(1):

(n.) An oblique hint; a remote allusion or reference, usually derogatory to a person or thing not named; an insinuation.

(2):

(n.) An averment employed in pleading, to point the application of matter otherwise unintelligible; an interpretative parenthesis thrown into quoted matter to explain an obscure word or words; - as, the plaintiff avers that the defendant said that he (innuendo the plaintiff) was a thief.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Innuendo'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​i/innuendo.html. 1828.
 
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