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equivoke

equivoke is the archaic spelling of equivoque.

Meaning of equivoque

Noun

equivoque (plural equivoques)

  1. (obsolete) A homonym.
  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.1751, [Tobias] Smollett, The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle […], volume (please specify |volume=I to IV), London: Harrison and Co., […], →OCLC
  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.1942, Rebecca West, Black Lamb and Grey Falcon, Canongate, published 2006, page 648

See all 4 meanings of equivoque

Forms of equivoke

pluralequivokes

Questions about equivoke

What is equivoke the archaic spelling of?
Equivoke is the archaic spelling of equivoque.

Words near equivoke in the dictionary

  1. equivocation
  2. equivocations
  3. equivocator
  4. equivocators
  5. equivocatory
  6. equivoke
  7. equivokes
  8. equivolume
  9. equivolumes
  10. equivolumetric
  11. equivolumic

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