multivocal

[ muhl-tiv-uh-kuhl ]
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adjective
  1. having many or different meanings of equal probability or validity: a multivocal word.

Origin of multivocal

1
First recorded in 1800–10; multi- + vocal

Words Nearby multivocal

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How to use multivocal in a sentence

  • Ens is a multivocal word, neither strictly univocal nor altogether equivocal.

    Aristotle | George Grote

British Dictionary definitions for multivocal

multivocal

/ (ˌmʌltɪˈvəʊkəl) /


adjective
  1. having many meanings

Origin of multivocal

1
C19: from Latin multus many + vocare to call; on the model of equivocal

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