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insinuendos

insinuendos is the plural of insinuendo.

Meaning of insinuendo

Noun

insinuendo (plural insinuendos or insinuendoes)

  1. insinuation containing innuendo
    • Truly a man may wish, “O that mine enemy would let me write his Preface! Could I not damn with faint praise and stab with sharp insinuendo?” – to use the labor-saving and much-needed word thoughtlessly invented by the sable legislator of South Carolina.1888, Brander Matthews, Pen and Ink; Papers on Subjects of More Or Less Importance,, page 57

Forms of insinuendos

alternative forminsinuendoes

Questions about insinuendos

What is insinuendos the plural of?
Insinuendos is the plural of insinuendo.

Words near insinuendos in the dictionary

  1. insinuator
  2. insinuators
  3. insinuatory
  4. insinuendo
  5. insinuendoes
  6. insinuendos
  7. insipid
  8. insipid schizotypal
  9. insipider
  10. insipidest
  11. insipidities

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