单词 | equivocalness |
释义 | equivocalnessn. The quality or condition of being equivocal. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > equivocal quality, ambiguity > [noun] ambiguitya1325 doublenessa1513 ambiguousness1542 double meaning1551 indifferency1596 equivocacy1646 equivocalness1647 ambilogy1656 greyness1663 mealy-mouthedness1697 amphilogy1731 equivocality1735 grey1822 double-edgedness1901 ambivalence1912 ambivalency1912 1647 H. Hammond Of Power of Keyes vi. 131 This is a mistake, arising from the equivocalnesse of the word. 1724 D. Waterland Crit. Hist. Athanasian Creed 122 The equivocalness of the title gave a handle to those that came after to understand it of a form of faith composed by Athanasius. 1760 C. Johnstone Chrysal I. i. iv. 23 The equivocalness of my character. 1878 F. Taylor in G. Grove Dict. Music I. 19 This method of writing merely substitutes a greater equivocalness for a less. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < n.1647 |
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