subauditurn.
/ˌsʌbˈɔːdᵻtə/, U.S. /ˌsəbˈɔdədər/, /ˌsəbˈɑdədər/ Originally Grammar. Now rare.
An unexpressed word or group of words mentally supplied by the reader or hearer; an implication. Cf. subintelligitur n., subaudition n. 1.
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the mind > language > linguistics > semantics > connotation > [noun] > implied or understood meaning
subintelligitur1612
subaudition1615
subintelligence1631
subauditur1702
the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > meaning > meaning of linguistic unit > implied meaning > [noun] > instance of
implicative1589
subintelligitur1612
subintelligence1631
undersong1631
deuteroscopy1646
implication1657
subauditur1702
undermeaning1841
implial1846
more than meets the eye (also ear)1853
under-sense1859
overtone1869
implicate1881
the mind > language > linguistics > semantics > connotation > [noun] > implied or understood meaning > act of mentally supplying
subintellection1609
subauditur1702
1702 H. Curson Theory of Sci. Illustr. 30 It is necessary also to supply all Ellipsis's, Antecedents, Defective Cases, One Verb applyed to divers Nom. Cases, or the same Nom. Case to divers Verbs, Subauditurs, &c.
1788 M. W. Sacred Outcry ii. i. 121 A redundant Superfluity of Language is a faulty Extreme, as well as an abrupt Conciseness, that requires Subauditurs.
1803 T. Beddoes Hygëia III. xi. 95 It will not pass like a subauditur in grammar.
1880 Contemp. Rev. Feb. 256 Our fiction..is as much occupied, though in a subauditur, with the skeleton in the cupboard of daily life as [etc.].
1900 Outlook 1 Sept. 65/2 The damnatory clauses, which no honest or enlightened man can repeat without the subauditur of large exceptions and explanations.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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