Euphemism
Euphemism (u’-fa-miz’-em) is a substitution of an inoffensive term for one considered offensive.
Quotes including the Figure of Speech Euphemism
Now, sister, what’s the comfort?
Read the QuoteClaudio
Now, sister, what’s the comfort?
Isabella
Why,
As all comforts are, most good, most good indeed.Epizeuxis
Lord Angelo, having affairs to heaven,
Intends you for his swift ambassador,
Where you shall be an everlasting leiger;Metaphor
Therefore your best appointment make with speed.
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Sir, I was an inward of his
Read the QuoteLucio
Sir, I was an inward of his. A shy fellow was the
Duke, and I believe I know the cause of his
withdrawing.
Duke, as Friar
What, I prithee, might be the cause?
Lucio
No, pardon. ’Tis a secret must be locked within
the teeth and the lips.
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