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double meaning, n.
Double or ambiguous signification; the use of an ambiguous word or phrase, esp. to convey an indelicate meaning; = double entendre. So ˈdouble-meaning a., having a double meaning, ambiguous. double-meaner nonce-wd., one who deals in double meanings.
1551T. Wilson Logike (1580) 8 The wily usyng of wordes, that in sense have double meanyng. 1591Sylvester Du Bartas i. vi. 824 Th' Embassader Of Pyrrhus (whom the Delphian Oracler Deluded by his double-meaning Measures). 1601Shakes. All's Well iv. iii. 114 Has deceiu'd mee, like a double-meaning Prophesier. 1712Steele Spect. No. 504 ⁋2 These are ever harping upon things they ought not to allude to, and deal mightily in double meanings..for your double-meaners are dispersed..thro' all parts of town or city. 1840Hood Miss Kilmansegg, Her Honeymoon xiii, A double meaning shows double sense. 1853Grote Greece ii. lxxxiii. XI. 36 By delicate wit and double-meaning phrases to express an offensive sentiment. |