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Originally appearing in Volume V09, Page 892 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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EUPHEMISM (from Gr. eiiidirl sos, having a
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sound of
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good
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omen; et) , well, and qrijµrt,
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sound or
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voice), a figure of speech in which an unpleasant or coarse phrase is replaced by a softer or less offensive expression .

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