Having a double sense
Having a double sense
#520. [Having a double sense.] Equivocalness. -- N. equivocalness &c.
adj.; double meaning &c. 516; ambiguity, double entente, double
entendre[Fr], pun, paragram[obs], calembour[obs], quibble, equivoque[Fr],
anagram; conundrum &c. (riddle) 533; play on words, word play &c. (wit) 842;
homonym, homonymy[Gram]; amphiboly[obs], amphibology[obs];
ambilogy[obs], ambiloquy|.
- Sphinx, Delphic oracle.
- equivocation &c. (duplicity) 544; white lie, mental reservation &c.
(concealment) 528; paltering.
- V. be -equivocal &c. adj.; have two meanings &c. 516; equivocate &c.
(alter) 544.
- Adj. equivocal, ambiguous, amphibolous[obs], homonymous[obs];
double-tongued &c. (lying) 544; enigmatical, indeterminate.
- Phr. on the one hand, on the other hand.