Meaning of DOUBLE ENTENDRE
| Pronunciation: | | 'dubul ân'tândru
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| | Definition: | | [n] an ambiguity with one interpretation that is indelicate |
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| | See Also: | | ambiguity | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Dou"ble-en*ten"dre\, n. [F. double double +
entendre to mean. This is a barbarous compound of French
words. The true French equivalent is double entente.]
A word or expression admitting of a double interpretation,
one of which is often obscure or indelicate.
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| | Related Terms: | | ambiguity, ambiguousness, amphibology, belly laugh, blue story, complexity of meaning, counterword, dirty joke, dirty story, double meaning, double reference, equivocacy, equivocal, equivocality, equivocalness, equivocation, equivoque, ethnic joke, fun, funny story, gag, good one, good story, howler, irony, jape, jest, jestbook, joke, laugh, levels of meaning, multivocality, panic, paronomasia, play, point, polysemant, polysemousness, polysemy, portmanteau word, pun, punning, rib tickler, richness of meaning, riot, scream, sick joke, sidesplitter, sight gag, sport, squinting construction, story, tergiversation, uncertainty, visual joke, weasel word, wheeze, wow, yarn |
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