equivoque

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Foible, chagrin, grimace, embarrasse, double entendre, equivoque, ecclaircissement, suittè, beveue, façon, penchant, coup d'etourdy, and ridicule.

From The works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volumes. Volume 04 by Scott, Walter, Sir

Aberdonian pronunciation produced on one occasion a curious equivoque between the minister and a mother of a family with whom he was conversing in a pastoral way.

From Reminiscences of Scottish Life and Character by Ramsay, Edward Bannerman

I tell thee, that if thou intendest an equivoque, the Greek word whereby thou affirmest that Croesus should overthrow a great empire, was ill-chosen; and that it could signify nothing but Croesus conquering Cyrus.

From Thaumaturgia by Oxonian, An

She abhorred the "equivoque" of her life, but could not overcome it.

From Luttrell Of Arran Complete by Lever, Charles James

It is easy to see how the Elizabethan tendency to word-quibble and equivoque would help to give currency to the Latin form.

From The New Hudson Shakespeare: Julius Cæsar by Black, Ebenezer Charlton