equivoque

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

It was not the first equivoque I had experienced; and this should have rendered me less confident of the evidence of my senses.

From The Guerilla Chief And other Tales by Reid, Mayne

The equivoque is in the use of the word 'dollar.'

From Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 1 by Randolph, Thomas Jefferson

A similar equivoque upon the double meaning of "Deuk" in Scottish language supplied material for a poor woman's honest compliment to a benevolent Scottish nobleman.

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

He never declared what he knew, though she could not but guess it; did not betray her to the others; seemed to enjoy the equivoque, content to wait.

From The Forest Lovers by Hewlett, Maurice Henry

But here again, to say nothing of the equivoque of ‘positive,’ we are met by a claim of pre-emption, the claim of Comte to associate the ‘ism’ specifically with his system, theoretic and practical.

From Rationalism by Robertson, J. M. (John Mackinnon)