Definition of Euphimism
Euphemism, is in speech or writing the avoiding of an unpleasant or
indelicate word or expression by the use of one which is less direct, and
which calls up a less disagreeable image in the mind. Thus for "he died"
is substituted "he fell asleep," or "he is gathered to his fathers"; thus
the Greeks called the "Furies" the "Eumenides," "the benign goddesses,"
just as country people used to call elves and fairies "the good folk
neighbours."
- Wikipedia
Eu"phe*mism (ū"f&esl;*m&ibreve;z'm),
n. [Gr. &?; fr. &?; to use word of a good omen;
e'y^ well + &?; to speak: cf. F. euphémisme.
See Fame.] (Rhet.) A figure in which a harsh or
indelicate word or expression is softened; a way of describing an
offensive thing by an inoffensive expression; a mild name for
something disagreeable.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- (uncountable) The use of a word or phrase to replace another and that is considered less offensive or less vulgar than the word or phrase it replaces.
- (countable) A word or phrase that is used to replace another in this way.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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