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Definition: Innuendo |
InnuendoNoun1. An indirect (and usually malicious) implication. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "innuendo" was first used: 1678. (references) |
Etymology: Innuendo \In`nu*en"do\, noun; plural Innuedoes. [Latin, by intimation, by hinting, gerund of innuere, innutum, to give a nod, to intimate; pref. in- in, to + -nuere (in comp.) to nod. See Nutation.]. (references) |
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Literature | Innuendo An implied or covert hint of blame. It is a law term, meaning the person nodded to or indirectly referred to (Latin, in-nuo). "Implying or suggesting, instead of stating plainly, often increases the effect of what is intended to give pain or pleasure. This is `innuendo.' " - Bain: Composition, etc. (Innuendo), part i. p. 212. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
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Synonym: InnuendoSynonym: insinuation (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Disapprobation | Animadversion, reflection, stricture, objection, exception, criticism; sardonic grin, sardonic laugh; sarcasm, insinuation, innuendo; bad compliment, poor compliment, left-handed compliment. |
Information | Hint, suggestion, innuendo, inkling, whisper, passing word, word in the ear, subaudition, cue, byplay; gesture; (indication); gentle hint, broad hint; verbum sapienti; insinuation; (latency). |
Latency Implication | Allusion, insinuation; innuendo; adumbration; "something rotten in the state of Denmark". |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Innuendo |
| English words defined with "innuendo": Innuedoes, Inuendo. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "innuendo": Botley Assizes. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Innuendo" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses. Latin (by meaning, innuendo, pointing to). |
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Screenplays | You know, you are really bad at innuendo! (Saturday Night Live; writing credit: Doug Abeles; Leo Allen) She and Roslyn founded the town 97 years ago. Rumor and innuendo notwithstanding, they were just good friends (Northern Exposure; writing credit: Khadijah Hashim) Ooooo! Err, your sexual innuendo is priceless (Aqua Teen Hunger Force; writing credit: Matt Maiellaro; Dave Willis) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Innuendo (1990) | |
Song Titles | Driving Others To Christ Through Barnward Innuendo (performing artist: Pinkard & Bowden) | |
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Civil Liberties | Germany | While many of the pamphlets are factual and relatively unbiased, others may harm the reputations of some groups through innuendo and inclusion in a report covering known dangerous cults or movements. (references) |
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| "Innuendo" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Innuendo" is used about 84 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) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 84 | 36,109 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
innuendo | 111 |
innuendo sexual | 6 |
innuendo lyrics | 6 |
cornecopria innuendo | 5 |
innuendo queen | 4 |
danelectro innuendo | 3 |
cornucopia innuendo | 3 |
innuendo lyrics queen | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "innuendo"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | aluzion (allusion, cue, hint, inkling, intimation, pointing, reference). (various references) | |
Arabic | غمز للإهانة, تلميح (allusion, cue, hint, insinuation, periphrasis, suggestion), تعريض (exposition, exposure, insinuation, periphrasis), إشارة (allusion, cue, denotation, forerunner, gesture, hint, index, indication, mark, motion, pitch, prognostic, reference, sign, signal, tip off). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | прикрита нападка, инсинуация (insinuation). (various references) | |
Czech | narážka (allusion, cue, hint, implication, insinuation, pointer), špièka (dig, end, nib, peak, rush, spearhead, taunt, tip, top). (various references) | |
Farsi | یعنی (Namely, Nee), مقصود (Design, Drift, Idea, Proposition, Purpose, Sentiment, Significance), معنی (Abstract, Connotation, Definition, Drift, Effect, Idea, Implication, Intent, Moral, Purporst, Sense, Significance), کنایه (Allegory, Allusion, Dig, Jest, Lampoon, Metaphor, Quibble, Quip, Squib), تلویحااشاره کردن , اشاره (Allusion, Beck, Beckon, Ensign, Gesture, Hint, Inkling, Manifest, Mention, Referral, Slur, Symbol), اداکردن (Acquit, Discourse, Express, Pronounce, Utter), شرح (Circumstance, Description, Explanation, Exposition, Geography, Gloss, Legend, Narrative, Recitation, Relation, Sketch, Statement, Story, Tale, Treatise). (various references) | |
French | insinuation (insinuation), allusion (insinuation). (various references) | |
German | anspielung (allusion). (various references) | |
Greek | νύξη (allusion), υπαινιγμόσ εναντίον κάποιου, υπαινιγμός (allusion, hint), υπονοούμενο. (various references) | |
Hebrew | רמיזת זלזול. (various references) | |
Hungarian | célozgatás (insinuation). (various references) | |
Italian | insinuazione (implication, insinuation), allusione (allusion, hint, pointing, reference). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 諷刺 (irony, lampoon, sarcasm, satire). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | ふうし (appearance, Confucius, demeanor, irony, lampoon, sarcasm, satire, term of address for a teacher, wind god). (various references) | |
Manx | raa daa foyragh (double entendre, pun), leih-ockle. (various references) | |
Norwegian | insinuasjon. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | innuendoay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | insinuar (glance, hint, imply, insinuate, instil, instill, intimate, suggest), insinuação (insinuation, instillation, instilment, overture, suggestion, whisper, whispering), indicação indireta (insinuation), sugestão (suggestion), alusão indireta. (various references) | |
Romanian | insinuare (hint, insinuation, pointing, slur, sneer), face aluzii, aluzie rãutãcioasã. (various references) | |
Russian | инсинуация (insinuation). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | nagoveštaj (announcement, half word, hint, indication, inkling, insinuation, intimation, telltale). (various references) | |
Spanish | indirecta (hint). (various references) | |
Swedish | insinuation (insinuation). (various references) | |
Thai | การประชด. (various references) | |
Turkish | ima etme (implication), ima (adumbration, allusion, finger post, glance at, hint, implicitness, insinuation, intimation, mention, office, pointer, reference, smell, suggestion, whiff, whisper), taş (allusion, calculus, concretion, dig, Flint, gem, gibe, gravel, hit, jeer, jibe, lapidary, piece, rock, stone), dokundurma (adumbration, allusion, hint, implicitness, sarcasm, skit), üstü kapalı söz (hint, insinuation). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | інсинуація (insinuation), непрямий натяк. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | innuendo. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "innuendo": innuendoed, innuendoes, innuendoing, innuendos. (additional references) | |
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"Innuendo" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: ennuendo, incendi, incendio, incendo, induendo, inneundo, innuedo, innuedos, innuendoe, innunendo, inuendo, inuendos, inuindo, Kinunda, nyundo. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "innuendo" (pronounced i'nyuwe"ndō) |
| 4 | -e" n d ō | crescendo. |
| 3 | -n d ō | condo, Mondo, window. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "d-e-i-n-n-n-o-u" | |
-2 letters: undine, undone. | |
-3 letters: donne, ennui, indue, inned, ninon, nudie, union. | |
-4 letters: deni, dine, done, dune, neon, nide, nine, node, nodi, none, noun, nude, unde, undo. | |
-5 letters: den, die, din, doe, don, due, dui, dun, duo, end, eon, inn, ion, nod, nun, ode, one, oud, udo. | |
| Words containing the letters "d-e-i-n-n-n-o-u" | |
+1 letter: innuendos. | |
+2 letters: denouncing, dungeoning, innuendoed, innuendoes, noninsured, unconfined. | |
+3 letters: innuendoing, nonreducing, unconvinced, unmentioned. | |
+4 letters: denunciation, noneducation, noninductive, nonunionized, unsanctioned. | |
+5 letters: denunciations, nonconductive, nondelinquent, noneducations, nonindigenous, unconditioned, unconstrained, undercounting. | |
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