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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

wea′sel word′,

a word used to temper the forthrightness of a statement;
a word that makes one's views equivocal, misleading, or confusing.

1895–1900, American.

wea′sel-word′ed, adj.

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