Antonyms for double-entendre

Grammar : Noun

Spell : duhb-uh l ahn-tahn-druh, -tahnd; French doo-blahn-tahn-druh

Phonetic Transcription : ˈdʌb əl ɑnˈtɑn drə, -ˈtɑnd; French du blɑ̃ˈtɑ̃ drə

Definition of double-entendre

Origin : also double-entendre, 1670s, from French (where it was rare and is now obsolete), literally "a twofold meaning," from entendre (now entente) "to hear, to understand, to mean." The proper Modern French phrase would be double entente, but the phrase has become established in English in its old form.

As in double entendre : noun play on words
As in ambiguity : noun uncertainty of meaning

Example sentences :

It was not a double-entendre, but a mot of triple ambiguity.
Extract from : « The Scalp Hunters » by Mayne Reid

A double-entendre is designed here, and the same is often to be found in old plays.
Extract from : « A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 10 (of 15) » by Various

This double-entendre was originally published in a Philadelphia newspaper a hundred years ago.
Extract from : « The Queer, the Quaint and the Quizzical » by Frank H. Stauffer

The double-entendre of Telo with Mentula is evident, and makes clear the apology to Venus.
Extract from : « The Carmina of Caius Valerius Catullus » by Caius Valerius Catullus

Then there is double-entendre, implying a secondary meaning of doubtful delicacy.
Extract from : « Society for Pure English, Tract 5 » by Society for Pure English

Though a good fellow and a wisely humorous one, he seldom said any thing whose cleverness lay in a double-entendre.
Extract from : « The Knickerbocker, Vol. 57, No. 1, January 1861 » by Various

No double-entendre was intended, but Ruth's thoughts gave one miserable bound to Arnold.
Extract from : « Other Things Being Equal » by Emma Wolf

It is not its political significance that makes it diverting, but the double-entendre therein.
Extract from : « Paris under the Commune » by John Leighton

It dealt in private scandal and ribaldry, only the more piquant for its pretty flimsy veil of double-entendre.
Extract from : « The Paris Sketch Book of Mr. M. A. Titmarsh » by William Makepeace Thackeray

Synonyms for double-entendre

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