See Also: euphemism(dictionary)
euphemism(dictionary)
PROXY(law)
Proxy(money)
Proxy tax(finance)
Proxy(finance)
Proxy(health)
proxy(dictionary)
proxy(medicine)
Proxy directive(finance)

proxy 1, noun (oh) and euphemism (iou)


proxy 1, noun (oh)



[Date: 1400-1500; Language: Anglo-French; Origin: procuracie, from Latin procuratio, from procurare; PROCURE]
by proxy
if you do something by proxy, you arrange for someone else to do it for you
::You can vote by proxy.
[U and C] someone who you choose to represent you, especially to vote for you
proxy for
::a husband acting as proxy for his wife
[C + for] formal something used to represent something else that you want to measure

euphemism (iou)



euphemism noun. . L16.
[Greek euphemismos, from euphemizein speak fair, from euphemos fair of speech, formed as EU- + pheme speaking: see -ISM.]
A figure of speech in which an offensive, harsh, or blunt word or expression is avoided and one that is milder but less precise or accurate is used instead. L16.
The milder word or expression used in an instance of euphemism. L18.
T. Pynchon 'Foreign workers', a euphemism for civilian prisoners brought in from countries under German occupation.
euphemist noun a person who uses euphemisms M19.