equivocalness

Roget-categorie 520

4. Words relating to the intellectual faculties
› 4.8. Nature of ideas communicated
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#520. [Having a double sense] Equivocalness

zelfstandig naamwoord

equivocalness etc. adj. — double meaning etc. 516 — ambiguity, double entente, double entendre [Fr.], pun, paragram^†, calembour^†, quibble, equivoque [Fr.], anagram — conundrum etc. (riddle) 533 — play on words, word play etc. (wit) 842 — homonym, homonymy [Gramm.] — amphiboly^†, amphibology^† — ambilogy^†, ambiloquy^†.
Sphinx, Delphic oracle.
equivocation etc. (duplicity) 544 — white lie, mental reservation etc. (concealment) 528 — paltering.

werkwoord

be equivocal etc. adj. — have two meanings etc. 516 — equivocate etc. (alter) 544.

bijvoeglijk naamwoord

equivocal, ambiguous, amphibolous^†, homonymous^† — double-tongued etc. (lying) 544 — enigmatical, indeterminate.

uitdrukking

on the one hand, on the other hand.

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