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Equivoque

//ˈɛkwɪvəʊk// adj, noun

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Equivocal. obsolete
Noun
  1. 1
    A homonym. obsolete
  2. 2
    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."

  3. 3
    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."

Etymology

Etymology 1

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

Etymology 2

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

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