- An oblique hint; a remote allusion or reference, usually
derogatory to a person or thing not named; an insinuation. - An averment employed in pleading, to point the
application of matter otherwise unintelligible; an interpretative
parenthesis thrown into quoted matter to explain an obscure word or
words; -- as, the plaintiff avers that the defendant said that he
(innuendo the plaintiff) was a thief.
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