EU'PHEMISM, noun [Gr. well, and to speak.] A representation of good qualities; particularly in rhetoric, a figure in which a harsh or indelicate word or expression is softened, or rather by which a delicate word or expression is substituted for one which is offensive to good manners or to delicate ears.
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Webster's Dictionary 1828
American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.