- tender a fool
- obsoleteto give birth to an illegitimate childTo tender is to attend or wait upon, whence to offer or present. So spoke the punning Polonius to Ophelia:Tender yourself more dearly;Or — not to crack the wind of the poor phrase,Running it thus — you'll tender me a fool. (Shakespeare, Hamlet)
How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms. R. W. Holder. 2014.