Meaning

1 senses
  1. (humorous, rhetoric)A phrase that has three meanings, especially where some meanings are innocent and literal, the other(s) risqué, bawdy, or ironic; an innuendo.

Origin

Pseudo-Gallicism. Based on double entendre.

Pseudo-Gallicism. Based on double entendre.

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Forms

plural: triple entendres

Word family

2 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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