"euphemistic" meaning in English

See euphemistic in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-euphemistic.wav Forms: more euphemistic [comparative], most euphemistic [superlative]
Etymology: From euphemism + -tic. Etymology templates: {{suf|en|euphemism|tic}} euphemism + -tic Head templates: {{en-adj}} euphemistic (comparative more euphemistic, superlative most euphemistic)
  1. Of or pertaining to euphemism. Translations (of euphemism): eufemístic (Catalan), 委婉的 (wéiwǎnde) (Chinese Mandarin), eufemistický (Czech), forskønnende (Danish), eufemistisk (Danish), kaunisteleva (Finnish), eufemistinen (Finnish), euphémique (French), eufemístico [masculine] (Galician), beschönigend [linguistics, human-sciences, sciences] (German), verhüllend [linguistics, human-sciences, sciences] (German), euphemistisch (english: elevated style) [linguistics, human-sciences, sciences] (German), eufemisztikus (Hungarian), eufemistico (Italian), 婉曲の (enkyoku no) (alt: えんきょくの) (Japanese), 遠回しの (tōmawashi no) (alt: とおまわしの) (Japanese), 완곡(婉曲)하다 (wan'gokhada) (Korean), euphemisticus (Latin), eufemistyczny (Polish), eufemístico (Portuguese), эвфемисти́ческий (evfemistíčeskij) (Russian), eufemístico (Spanish), pahimanin (Tagalog), mwytheiriol (Welsh), llednais (Welsh)

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