Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—D

Double Entendre

(English-French for Un mot a double entente, or à deux ententes). Words which secretly express a rude or coarse covert meaning, generally of a licentious character. “Entendre” is the infinitive mood of a verb, and is never used as a noun.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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