inuendo

Noun

innuendo (countable and uncountable, plural innuendoes or innuendos or innuendis)

1. A derogatory hint or reference to, or (often sexual) insinuation about, a person or thing.
   • She made a devious innuendo about her opponent, who was embarrassed.
2. A remark that is suggestive of something sexual without stating it explicitly.
   • We were both quite good friends and apart from the playful innuendos about having an affair together we never really did anything.1995, Bunmi Sofola, Yours Sincerely: Selected Writings of Bunmi Sofola
3. A rhetorical device with an omitted but obvious conclusion, made to increase the force of an argument.
4. Part of a pleading in cases of libel and slander, pointing out what and who was meant by the libellous matter or description.

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