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equivoque
/ˈɛkwɪvəʊk/
noun 3adj 1
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2VERB + EQUIVOQUE
admitting
ADV.
gaily
Definitions
adj
1
Equivocal.
noun
1
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.
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.
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[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.
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[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.
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