Synonyms 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 |
Top 10 synonyms for double-entendre Other synonyms for the word double-entendre
Définition 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
- 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
Antonyms for double-entendre
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