Hypertext Webster Gateway: "euphemism"
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) 1.7 (wn)
euphemism
n : an inoffensive expression that is substituted for one that
is considered offensive
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