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| innuendo | |
| 1. n. A derogatory hint or reference to a person or thing. An implication, intimation or insinuation. |  |
| She made a devious innuendo about her husband, who was embarrassed. | |
| 2. n. (logic) A rhetorical device with an omitted, but obvious conclusion, made to increase the force of an argument. | |
| 3. n. (legal) Part of a pleading in cases of libel and slander, pointing out what and who was meant by the libellous matter or description. | |
| 4. v. (transitive, legal) To interpret (something libellous or slanderous) in terms of what was implied. | |
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