Definition of Double entendre

1. Noun. An ambiguity with one interpretation that is indelicate.

Generic synonyms: Ambiguity

Definition of Double entendre

1. Noun. (idiomatic) A phrase that has two meanings, especially where one is innocent and literal, the other risqué, bawdy, or ironic; an innuendo. ¹

2. Noun. (nonstandard) (plural of double entendre) ¹

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Double Entendre

double dildo
double dipper
double dipping
double displacement mechanism
double dog dare
double door
double doors
double double
double down
double dozen
double dribble
double dye
double eagle
double eagles
double emulsion
double entendre
double entendres
double entry
double exposure
double factorial
double factorials
double fault
double feature
double features
double figures
double file
double first
double firsts
double flap amputation
double flat

Literary usage of Double entendre

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Orthoëpist: A Pronouncing Manual Containing about Three Thousand Five by Alfred Ayres, Thomas Embley Osmun (1880)
"... not doth, double-entendre—ddb'bl-6ng'tong'dr. dra'ma, or dram'a. And then there is an abundance of unheeded authority for saying dra'ma. draught—draft. ..."

2. Retrospections of the Stage by John Bernard (1832)
"A " double entendre" on the opening night.—Reasons of its failure.—Plymouth.—Captain Clark.—Charles Mate—Anthony Pasquin.—The public mistake. ..."

3. The Parliamentary Debatesby Great Britain Parliament, Thomas Curson Hansard by Great Britain Parliament, Thomas Curson Hansard (1821)
"With whomsoever you have spoken of that which you represented,' namely, that you had a law suit, did you use that expression as a double entendre to that ..."

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