Double-entendre

(definition) by Webster 1913 Tue Dec 21 1999 at 23:12:54

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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