double meaning &c 516; ambiguity, double entente, double entendre
[Fr.], pun, paragram†, calembour†, quibble, equivoque [Fr.], anagram;
conundrum &c (riddle) 533; play on words, word play &c (wit) 842;
homonym, homonymy [Gramm.]; amphiboly†, amphibology†; ambilogy†,
ambiloquy†.
Sphinx, Delphic oracle.
equivocation &c (duplicity) 544; white lie, mental reservation &c
(concealment) 528; paltering.
V. be equivocal &c adj.; have two meanings &c 516; equivocate &c
(alter) 544.
Adj. equivocal, ambiguous, amphibolous†, homonymous†; double-tongued &c
(lying) 544; enigmatical, indeterminate.
Phr. on the one hand, on the other hand.