Equivoque
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈɛkwɪvəʊk/ · Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Equivoque is an adjective meaning A play on words, a pun.
Meaning
A play on words, a pun.
More Meanings
- Ambiguity or double meaning.
- (obsolete) Equivocal.
- (obsolete) A homonym.
Example Sentences
[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.
[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.
Word Forms
- equivoke
- equivoques
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include equinal, contrarious, equidistantial, controversal, obliquid, convertive.
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