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‖ sous-entendu|suzɑ̃tɑ̃dy|
[Fr.]
Something not expressed but left to be understood by the hearer or reader.
1865Mill Exam. Hamilton's Philos. xxii. 442 No shadow of justification is shown for thus..adopting into logic a mere sous-entendu of common conversation in its most unprecise form. 1907W. De Morgan Alice-for-Short xxxii. 332 She knew well enough that the unheard portions of the conversation were worse than what had reached her ears, and the sous-entendus probably still worse than they. 1972Times Lit. Suppl. 31 Mar. 374/3 It is satisfyingly like other such duets, though embellished at least once with an erotic sous-entendu. |