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triple entendre

noun

Etymology

Pseudo-Gallicism. Based on double entendre.

Definitions

  1. A phrase that has three meanings, especially where some meanings are innocent and…

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

    • In a triple entendre of the highest order, Linnell summarizes the song.
    • Actually, that a triple entendre! And speaking of triple entendres ...
    • A triple-entendre, if you will; 'purloined', as in out in the open and a way to change the subject title without losing the thread. The third part of the entendre was that anything is new if perspective can be shifted.

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Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for triple entendre. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA