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Webster 1913 Edition

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Noun.

[F.

double

double +

entendre

to mean. This is a barbarous compound of French words. The true French equivalent is

double entente

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

Noun.

Double meaning of a word or expression.

See also: double entendre

double-entendre ‎(plural double-entendres)