DOUBLE-ENTENDRE

Definition: DOUBLE-ENTENDRE

DOUBLE-ENTENDRE

Noun

1. A word or expression admitting of a double interpretation, one of which is often obscure or indelicate.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Etymology: Double-entendre \Dou"ble-en*ten"dre\, noun. [French expression double double entendre to mean. This is barbarous compound of French words. The true French equivalent is double entente.]. (Websters 1913)

Synonyms within Context: DOUBLE-ENTENDRE

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Neologism	Pun, paranomasia, play upon words; word play; (wit); double-entendre; (ambiguity); palindrome, paragram, anagram, clinch; abuse of language, abuse of terms.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Usage Frequency: DOUBLE-ENTENDRE

"DOUBLE-ENTENDRE" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "DOUBLE-ENTENDRE" is used about 2 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Anagrams: DOUBLE-ENTENDRE

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "b-d-d-e-e-e-e-l-n-n-o-r-t-u"
	-5 letters: blundered, bouldered, debenture, reblended, rebounded, redoubled, unblended, underdone, undertone, untrodden.
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