adianoeta

English edit

Examples (rhetoric)
Rick, I'd like you to meet Colonel Strasser. He's one of the officers who has given the Third Reich the reputation it has. - Casablanca You'll be lucky if you can get this man to work for you.

From Ancient Greek ἀδιανόητος (adianóētos, “unintelligible, not understanding”).

adianoeta (usually uncountable, plural adianoetas)

(rhetoric) An expression intended to be understood one way by part of the audience and in an opposing way by another part.