/in'yooh en"doh/ , n. , pl. innuendos, innuendoes .
1. an indirect intimation about a person or thing, esp. of a disparaging or a derogatory nature.
2. Law.
a. a parenthetic explanation or specification in a pleading.
b. (in an action for slander or libel) the explanation and elucidation of the words alleged to be defamatory.
c. the word or expression thus explained.
[ 1555-65; innuendum, ger. of innuere to signal, equiv. to in- IN- 2 + nuere to nod ]
Syn. 1. insinuation, imputation.