Meaning

3 senses

  1. A play on words, a pun.

  2. Ambiguity or double meaning.

  3. (obsolete)A homonym.

Origin

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

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

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Forms

plural: equivoques

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
equivalentequivocaleraB1eradicateerase

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