(of innuo "I nod or beckon"), is a word frequently used in writs, declarations, and pleadings, to ascertain a person or thing which was named, but left doubtful, before; as, he (innuendo the plaintiff) did so and so; mention being before made of another person.—In common conversation or writing, an innuendo denotes an oblique hint or distant reference, in contradiction to a direct and positive charge.