Tuesday, 29 October 2013

Vocabulary : Word of the Day : Equivocal

e-quiv-o-cal



adjective :: Having two significations equally applicable; capable of double interpretation; of doubtful meaning; ambiguous; uncertain; doubtful.



"D'Artagnan, however, gathered from his equivocal replies that the road to the right was the one he ought to take, and on that uncertain information he resumed his journey." --Dumas, Alexandre

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