Main Entry: con·no·ta·tion

Pronunciation: \ˌkä-nə-ˈtā-shən\

Function: noun

Date: 1532

1 a : the suggesting of a meaning by a word apart from the thing it explicitly names or describes b : something suggested by a word or thing : implication <the connotations of comfort that surrounded that old chair>
2 : the signification of something <that abuse of logic which consists in moving counters about as if they were known entities with a fixed connotation — W. R. Inge>
3 : an essential property or group of properties of a thing named by a term in logic — compare denotation

— con·no·ta·tion·al \-shnəl, -shə-n^əl\ adjective