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INNUENDO

Origin: L, by intimation, by hinting, gerund of innuere, innutum, to give a nod, to intimate; pref. In- in, to + -nuere (in comp) to nod. See Nutation. 1. An oblique hint; a remote allusion or reference, generally derogatory to a face or thing not named; an insinuation. "Mercury . . . Owns it a marriage by an innuendo." (Dryden) "Pursue your trade of scandal picking; Your innuendoes, when you speak us, That Stella loves to conversation with fellows." (Swift) 2. An averment employed in pleading, to point the application of matter otherwise unintelligible; an interpretative parenthesis thrown into quoted matter to explain an obscure word or words; as, the plaintiff avers that the defendant said that he (innuendo the plaintiff) was a thief. The term is so applied from having been the introductory word of this averment or parenthetic explanation when pleadings were in Latin. The word "meaning" is used as its equivalent in modern forms. Synonym: Insinuation, suggestion, hint, intimation, reference, allusion, implication, representation, Innuendo, Insinuation. An innuendo is an equivocal allusion so framed as to point distinctly at something which is injurious to the nature or reputation of the face referred to. An insinuation turns on no such double use of language, but consists in artfully winding into the mind imputations of an injurious character without making any direct charge. Source: Websters Vocabulary
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