Source: Dictionary.com
Jan. 30, 2017
Word of the Day: equivoque
\EK-wuh-vohk, EE-kwuh-\
noun
1. an equivocal term; an ambiguous expression.
2. a play on words; pun.
Quotes
The [French] language, too, suggests shades and "nuances" of colouring, that exist not in other tongues--you can give to your canvas the precise tint you wish, for when mystery would prove a merit, the equivoque is there ready to your hand, that means so much, yet asserts so little.
-- Charles Lever, Arthur O'Leary: His wanderings and ponderings in many lands, 1845
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