euphemistic

euphemistic

English

Etymology

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English euphemism
Proto-Indo-European *-tis
Ancient Greek -τις (-tis)
Ancient Greek -σῐς (-sĭs)
Proto-Indo-European *-kos
Ancient Greek -κός (-kós)
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Proto-Indo-European *-tós
Ancient Greek -τος (-tos)
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Ancient Greek -κός (-kós)
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Ancient Greek -τῐκός (-tĭkós)bor.
English -tic
English euphemistic

    From euphemism + -tic.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˌjuːfəˈmɪstɪk/
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    Adjective

    euphemistic (comparative more euphemistic, superlative most euphemistic)

    1. Of or pertaining to euphemism.
      Antonym: uneuphemistic
      • 1988, Robert Jackall, “Chapter 1: Moral Probations, Old and New”, in Moral Mazes: The World of Corporate Managers, Twentieth Anniversary edition, →ISBN, page 14:
        Taking these cues, I rewrote and rewrote the proposal couching my problem in the bland, euphemistic language that I was rapidly learning is the lingua franca of the corporate world.

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