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double entendres

double entendres is the plural of double entendre.

Meaning of double entendre

Noun

double entendre (plural double entendres or (nonstandard) doubles entendres or (nonstandard) double entendre)

  1. (rhetoric) A phrase that has two meanings, especially where one is innocent and literal, the other risqué, bawdy, or ironic; an innuendo.
    • Avoid all equivocal expressions, usually denominated double entendre; they are certain proofs of a mean and indelicate mind.1812, A treatise on politeness, tr. from the French by a lady, page 172

Questions about double entendres

What is double entendres the plural of?
Double entendres is the plural of double entendre.

Words near double entendres in the dictionary

  1. double empathy problem
  2. double emulsion
  3. double emulsions
  4. double English
  5. double entendre
  6. double entendres
  7. double entente
  8. double ententes
  9. double envelopment
  10. double envelopments
  11. double equals

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