Editing Double entendre (section)

== Etymology ==
According to the [[Merriam-Webster]] Unabridged Dictionary and the Oxford English Dictionary, the expression comes from the rare and obsolete [[French (language)|French]] expression, which literally meant "double meaning" and was used in the senses of "double understanding" or "ambiguity" but acquired its current suggestive twist in English after being first used in 1673 by [[John Dryden]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://unabridged.merriam-webster.com/subscriber/login?redirect_to=%2Funabridged%2Fdouble%2Bentendre|title=Login &#124; Merriam-Webster Unabridged|website=Unabridged.merriam-webster.com|access-date=14 December 2021}}</ref><ref name=grammarphobia>{{Cite web|url=https://www.grammarphobia.com/blog/2011/10/double-entendre.html|title=The Grammarphobia Blog: Double entendre|date=12 October 2011|website=Grammarphobia.com|access-date=14 December 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.encyclopedia.com/literature-and-arts/language-linguistics-and-literary-terms/english-vocabulary-d/double-entendre|title=Double Entendre|website=Encyclopedia.com|access-date=14 December 2021}}</ref> The phrase has not been used in French for centuries and would be ungrammatical in modern French. No exact equivalent exists in French, whose similar expressions (''mot/expression à'') ''double entente'' and (''mot/expression à'') ''double sens'' do not have the suggestiveness of the English expression.<ref name=grammarphobia/>