What is the meaning of Innuendo?

  • (n.) 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.
  • (n.) An oblique hint; a remote allusion or reference, usually derogatory to a person or thing not named; an insinuation.
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APAWebster's. (2011). innuendo. Retrieved September 27, 2026, from http://smartdefine.org/innuendo/definitions/2021919
ChicagoWebster's. 2011. "innuendo" http://smartdefine.org/innuendo/definitions/2021919 (accessed September 27, 2026).
HarvardWebster's 2011, innuendo, Smart Define, viewed 27 September, 2026, <http://smartdefine.org/innuendo/definitions/2021919>.
MLAWebster's. "innuendo" 27 May 2011. Web. 27 September 2026. <http://smartdefine.org/innuendo/definitions/2021919>
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