equivoque
[noun]
Synonyms: ambiguity, amphibology, double entendre, double meaning, equivocality, equivocation, tergiversation

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equivoque adjective & noun. ['i:kwɪvǝʊk, 'ɛ-] Also equivoke. LME.
[Old & mod. French équivoque or late Latin aequivocus: see EQUIVOCAL.]
A. adjective. = EQUIVOCAL. LME-M17.
b. noun.
1. A thing which has the same name as something else. L16-M17.

2. An expression capable of more than one meaning; a pun; wordplay, punning. E17.
■ T. F. Dibdin Who mistook equivoque, abuse, and impudence, for wit. Times Literary Supplement Tony Augarde..finds time for bouts rimés, echo poems and equivoques.

3. = EQUIVOCATION 3. rare. E17.

4. The fact of having more than one meaning or interpretation; ambiguity. E19.
■ J. F. W. Herschel Confusion, owing to the equivoque between the lunar and calendar month.

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