equivoqueequivokeadj.n.

/ˈɛkwɪvəʊk/

/ˈiːkwɪvəʊk/

Forms: (Middle English equivoc, 1500s equivocke, equyuoke, 1600s equivok), 1600s–1700s æquivoque, (1600s æquivoc, æquivoke), 1600s– equivoke, equivoque.

Etymology: < Latin aequivocus: see equivocal adj. and n.

†A. adj.

a. = equivocal adj. in various senses. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > equivocal quality, ambiguity > [adjective]

double?c1225

uncertainc1384

equivoquea1450

amphibille?1450

ambiguousc1487

indifferent?1531

forked1551

amphibological1587

equivocal1601

double-meaning1605

left-handed1610

dilogical1616

two-edgeda1625

biviousa1644

equivocating1645

amphibolous1647

yea-and-nay1648

amphibolical1652

bifarious1656

double-handed1661

squibbling1674

ambigual1683

equivocous1701

ambiguea1734

double-edged1791

multivocala1834

grey1835

amphibolic1873

ambivalent1923

a1450 (a1397) Prol. Old Test. in Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) (Cambr. Mm.2.15) (1850) xv. 59 Wordis equiuok, that is, that hath manie significacions vndur oo lettre.

1574 tr. Life 70. Archbishopp Canterbury To Rdr. sig. Dvij Which name [fora], I thincke, is therefore equiuocke to a Market and courte, because in both all things are to be solde euen as in Rome.

1661 A. Brome Songs & Other Poems sig. H6^v Thou..art a bastard got by th' Town By Æquivoke generation.

†b. quasi-n. with plural ending: Things (specified) which are equivocal. Obsolete.

ΚΠ

?1541 R. Copland Maner to Examyne Lazares in Guy de Chauliac's Questyonary Cyrurgyens sig. Qij They that ought to iudge and approue them shulde ryght dylygently beholde theym & considre the vnyuoke sygnes and equyuokes also.

B. n.

†1. A thing which is called by the same name as something else. Obsolete. [after Greek ὁμώνυμον] .

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > linguistics > semantics > polysemy > [noun] > word having several meanings

wandering namea1555

equivoque1599

multivocal1873

polysemant1873

polyseme1953

1599 T. Blundeville Art of Logike 13 Equiuokes be such things as haue one selfe name, and yet be diuers in substance or definition: as a naturall dogge and a certaine starre in the firmament are both called by one name in Latine, Canis, yet they be nothing like in substance, kind, or nature.

1655 T. Stanley Hist. Philos. I. iii. 109 There is a treatise of Æquivokes under Xenophon's name.

2. An expression capable of more than one meaning; a play upon words, often of a humorous nature, a pun; wordplay, punning.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > equivocal quality, ambiguity > [noun] > expression containing

amphibologyc1374

ambagea1413

ambiguity1583

ambiguea1592

amphibole1606

amphiboly1610

equivoque1614

dilogy1656

double entendre1673

amphilogy1731

amphibologism1813

equivocality1830

double entente1895

left-hander1920

the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > equivocal quality, ambiguity > [noun] > equivocal things

equivoque1614

amphibia1615

pushmi-pullyu1922

1614 J. Selden Titles of Honor 72.

a1649 W. Drummond Wks. (1711) 226 W. Alexander..hath Sextains..Echoes and Equivoques, which he [Petrarch] hath not.

1729 J. Swift Corr. II. 632 Beyond the power of conception..or, to avoid an equivoque, beyond the extent of my ideas.

a1734 R. North Examen (1740) ii. v. §47. 343 Here's his old Equivoque; by Papists, he means the King, Ministry and Loyal Party.

1824 T. F. Dibdin Libr. Compan. 589 Who mistook equivoque, abuse, and impudence, for wit.

1834 Gentleman's Mag. 104 i. 219 The dialogue is..enlivened by much facetious and amusing equivoque.

1867 Felton's Greece, Anc. & Mod. II. 476 The Greeks consoled themselves as well as they could by the equivoque of the Bavarian and Barbarian.

3. Ambiguity of speech; double meaning in words or phrases used. Also transferred.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > equivocal quality, ambiguity > [noun] > use of

equivocationc1380

double entendement1390

equivocasc1400

double entendre1673

equivoque1809

mealiness1912

1809–10 S. T. Coleridge Friend (ed. 3) I. 202 The equivoque between an action and a series of motions.

1833 J. F. W. Herschel Astronomy xiii. 415 Confusion, owing to the equivoque between the lunar and calendar month.

1867 G. H. Lewes Hist. Philos. (ed. 3) I. Prolegomena i. p. xxiii And to avoid equivoque I shall use the words Metaphysical Philosophy.

1878 F. Harrison in Fortn. Rev. Nov. 700 Right is perhaps that idea which has led to the greatest amount of sophism and equivoque.

4. The use of words in a double meaning with intent to deceive; = equivocation n. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > [noun] > evasion of truth

paradiastole1555

equivocating1606

equivocation1609

quidlibet1611

equivoque1631

equivocya1636

prevarication1656

half-truth1658

suppressio veri1677

suggestio falsi1815

oil1917

1631 B. Jonson Divell is Asse iii. iii. 184 in Wks. II Mer...what do you valew this, at? thirty pound? Gui. No, Sir, he cost me forty, ere he was set. Mer. Turnings, you meane? I know your Equiuocks.

1877 J. Morley Crit. Misc. 2nd Ser. 152 Every man..is called upon to keep himself clear from mendacity and equivoke.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	equivoque
释义	equivoqueequivokeadj.n. /ˈɛkwɪvəʊk//ˈiːkwɪvəʊk/ Forms: (Middle English equivoc, 1500s equivocke, equyuoke, 1600s equivok), 1600s–1700s æquivoque, (1600s æquivoc, æquivoke), 1600s– equivoke, equivoque. Etymology: < Latin aequivocus: see equivocal adj. and n. †A. adj. a. = equivocal adj. in various senses. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > equivocal quality, ambiguity > [adjective] double?c1225 uncertainc1384 equivoquea1450 amphibille?1450 ambiguousc1487 indifferent?1531 forked1551 amphibological1587 equivocal1601 double-meaning1605 left-handed1610 dilogical1616 two-edgeda1625 biviousa1644 equivocating1645 amphibolous1647 yea-and-nay1648 amphibolical1652 bifarious1656 double-handed1661 squibbling1674 ambigual1683 equivocous1701 ambiguea1734 double-edged1791 multivocala1834 grey1835 amphibolic1873 ambivalent1923 a1450 (a1397) Prol. Old Test. in Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) (Cambr. Mm.2.15) (1850) xv. 59 Wordis equiuok, that is, that hath manie significacions vndur oo lettre. 1574 tr. Life 70. Archbishopp Canterbury To Rdr. sig. Dvij Which name [fora], I thincke, is therefore equiuocke to a Market and courte, because in both all things are to be solde euen as in Rome. 1661 A. Brome Songs & Other Poems sig. H6^v Thou..art a bastard got by th' Town By Æquivoke generation. †b. quasi-n. with plural ending: Things (specified) which are equivocal. Obsolete. ΚΠ ?1541 R. Copland Maner to Examyne Lazares in Guy de Chauliac's Questyonary Cyrurgyens sig. Qij They that ought to iudge and approue them shulde ryght dylygently beholde theym & considre the vnyuoke sygnes and equyuokes also. B. n. †1. A thing which is called by the same name as something else. Obsolete. [after Greek ὁμώνυμον] . ΘΚΠ the mind > language > linguistics > semantics > polysemy > [noun] > word having several meanings wandering namea1555 equivoque1599 multivocal1873 polysemant1873 polyseme1953 1599 T. Blundeville Art of Logike 13 Equiuokes be such things as haue one selfe name, and yet be diuers in substance or definition: as a naturall dogge and a certaine starre in the firmament are both called by one name in Latine, Canis, yet they be nothing like in substance, kind, or nature. 1655 T. Stanley Hist. Philos. I. iii. 109 There is a treatise of Æquivokes under Xenophon's name. 2. An expression capable of more than one meaning; a play upon words, often of a humorous nature, a pun; wordplay, punning. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > equivocal quality, ambiguity > [noun] > expression containing amphibologyc1374 ambagea1413 ambiguity1583 ambiguea1592 amphibole1606 amphiboly1610 equivoque1614 dilogy1656 double entendre1673 amphilogy1731 amphibologism1813 equivocality1830 double entente1895 left-hander1920 the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > equivocal quality, ambiguity > [noun] > equivocal things equivoque1614 amphibia1615 pushmi-pullyu1922 1614 J. Selden Titles of Honor 72. a1649 W. Drummond Wks. (1711) 226 W. Alexander..hath Sextains..Echoes and Equivoques, which he [Petrarch] hath not. 1729 J. Swift Corr. II. 632 Beyond the power of conception..or, to avoid an equivoque, beyond the extent of my ideas. a1734 R. North Examen (1740) ii. v. §47. 343 Here's his old Equivoque; by Papists, he means the King, Ministry and Loyal Party. 1824 T. F. Dibdin Libr. Compan. 589 Who mistook equivoque, abuse, and impudence, for wit. 1834 Gentleman's Mag. 104 i. 219 The dialogue is..enlivened by much facetious and amusing equivoque. 1867 Felton's Greece, Anc. & Mod. II. 476 The Greeks consoled themselves as well as they could by the equivoque of the Bavarian and Barbarian. 3. Ambiguity of speech; double meaning in words or phrases used. Also transferred. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > equivocal quality, ambiguity > [noun] > use of equivocationc1380 double entendement1390 equivocasc1400 double entendre1673 equivoque1809 mealiness1912 1809–10 S. T. Coleridge Friend (ed. 3) I. 202 The equivoque between an action and a series of motions. 1833 J. F. W. Herschel Astronomy xiii. 415 Confusion, owing to the equivoque between the lunar and calendar month. 1867 G. H. Lewes Hist. Philos. (ed. 3) I. Prolegomena i. p. xxiii And to avoid equivoque I shall use the words Metaphysical Philosophy. 1878 F. Harrison in Fortn. Rev. Nov. 700 Right is perhaps that idea which has led to the greatest amount of sophism and equivoque. 4. The use of words in a double meaning with intent to deceive; = equivocation n. rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > [noun] > evasion of truth paradiastole1555 equivocating1606 equivocation1609 quidlibet1611 equivoque1631 equivocya1636 prevarication1656 half-truth1658 suppressio veri1677 suggestio falsi1815 oil1917 1631 B. Jonson Divell is Asse iii. iii. 184 in Wks. II Mer...what do you valew this, at? thirty pound? Gui. No, Sir, he cost me forty, ere he was set. Mer. Turnings, you meane? I know your Equiuocks. 1877 J. Morley Crit. Misc. 2nd Ser. 152 Every man..is called upon to keep himself clear from mendacity and equivoke. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.a1450
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