dilogyn.
/ˈdɪlədʒi//ˈdʌɪlədʒi/ Rhetoric.
1. The use of an ambiguous or equivocal expression; the word or expression so used.
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the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > equivocal quality, ambiguity > [noun] > expression containing
amphibologyc1374
ambagea1413
ambiguity1583
ambiguea1592
amphibole1606
amphiboly1610
equivoque1614
dilogy1656
double entendre1673
amphilogy1731
amphibologism1813
equivocality1830
double entente1895
left-hander1920
1656 T. Blount Glossographia Dilogy, a doubtful speech, which may signifie or be construed two ways.
1832 J. C. Hare in Philol. Museum 1 460 A double meaning or dilogy is the saying only one thing, but having two things in view.
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2. Repetition of a word or phrase, in the same context. (In recent dictionaries.)
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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