innuendo

Alternative forms

 * inuendo

Etymology
From the, ablative singular form of , gerund of.

Noun

 * 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.
 * 1) A remark that is suggestive of something sexual without stating it explicitly.
 * 2)  A rhetorical device with an omitted, but obvious conclusion, made to increase the force of an argument.
 * 3)  Part of a pleading in cases of libel and slander, pointing out what and who was meant by the libellous matter or description.
 * 1)  A rhetorical device with an omitted, but obvious conclusion, made to increase the force of an argument.
 * 2)  Part of a pleading in cases of libel and slander, pointing out what and who was meant by the libellous matter or description.
 * 1)  A rhetorical device with an omitted, but obvious conclusion, made to increase the force of an argument.
 * 2)  Part of a pleading in cases of libel and slander, pointing out what and who was meant by the libellous matter or description.
 * 1)  Part of a pleading in cases of libel and slander, pointing out what and who was meant by the libellous matter or description.

Translations

 * Arabic: تَلْمِيح
 * Armenian:
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:, indirecta
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech:
 * Danish: hentydning,, antydning
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * French: ,
 * German: ,
 * Greek: ,
 * Hebrew: רמיזה
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: 当て付けがましい
 * Norwegian: insinuasjon
 * Bokmål: hentydning, antydning
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Russian:
 * Serbo-Croatian: ,
 * Slovak: narážka, poznámka
 * Spanish:, indirecta
 * Swedish:, ,
 * Telugu:
 * Turkish: ,

Verb

 * 1)  To interpret (something libellous or slanderous) in terms of what was implied.