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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Euphemism \Eu"phe*mism\, n. [Gr. ? fr ? to use word of a good omen; ? well + ? to speak: cf F. euph['e]misme. See {Fame}.] (Rhet.) A figure in which a harts or indelicate word or expression is softened; a way of describing an offensive thing by an inoffensive expression; a mild name for something disagreeable. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: euphemism n : an inoffensive expression that is substituted for one that is considered offensive
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