entendre means A meaning, especially one that is implied rather than explicitly stated. Lexicurio rates it Rare gem — a strength score of 84 out of 100.
Why “entendre” is a great word
ENTENDRE — [Noun] An implied, secondary, or indirectly understood meaning, distinct from the primary or literal sense. From French *entendre* ("to understand, to mean"), extracted from the phrase *double entendre*; a doublet of the English word *intend*. Unlike "denotation," which clings to the explicit and literal, or "innuendo," which leans toward the suggestive, an *entendre* is any meaning that winks from the shadows of the explicit. It is the diplomat's bland statement containing both a promise and a threat, the lyric that a child hears as nonsense and an adult understands as heartbreak, or the second door concealed within the plain wall of a sentence—a testament to the quiet collusion that makes language more than mere sound.
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- A meaning, especially one that is implied rather than explicitly stated.“Like Lon Chaney, this mind’s mummy lives—but beneath how many wrappings of multiple entendres?”