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(n.) A figure in which a harts or indelicate word or expression is softened; a way of describing an offensive thing by an inoffensive expression; a mild name for something disagreeable.

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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Euphemism'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​e/euphemism.html. 1828.
 
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