innuendo Definition

innuendo
noun innuendos, innuendoes

1a. A remark that indirectly conveys some unpleasant, critical or spiteful meaning, etc, especially about someone's reputation or character;

Thesaurus: hint, implication, intimation, insinuation, whisper, suggestion, aspersion, slant.
1b. An oblique allusion, suggestion or insinuation, often of a rude or smutty nature.
2. The act or practice of making such remarks.

Etymology: 17c in these senses; 16c as a legal term meaning ‘that is to say' or ‘indicating': Latin, meaning ‘by nodding at'.