innuendo

innuendo
/in'yooh en"doh/, n., pl. innuendos, innuendoes.
1. an indirect intimation about a person or thing, esp. of a disparaging or a derogatory nature.
2. Law.
a. a parenthetic explanation or specification in a pleading.
b. (in an action for slander or libel) the explanation and elucidation of the words alleged to be defamatory.
c. the word or expression thus explained.
[1555-65; < L: a hint, lit., by signaling, abl. of innuendum, ger. of innuere to signal, equiv. to in- IN-2 + nuere to nod]
Syn. 1. insinuation, imputation.

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