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equivoque

adj
/ˈɛkwɪvəʊk/

Etymology

From Late Latin aequivocus (“ambiguous, equivocal”), from Latin aequus (“equal”) + vocō (“call”).

  1. derived from aequus
  2. derived from aequivocus

Definitions

  1. Equivocal.

  2. A homonym.

  3. A play on words, a pun.

    • [H]e sported in many other æquivoques of the same nature; and at dinner told the physician, that he was like the root of the tongue, as being cursedly down in the mouth.
  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. Ambiguity or double meaning.

      • [T]he black wisps of women bargaining behind those veils might turn out to be the ballet and coalesce in some dance gaily admitting their equivoque of concealing and proclaiming their sex.

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