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Multivocal

Multivocal \Mul*tiv"o*cal\, a. [Multi- + vocal.] Signifying many different things; of manifold meaning; equivocal. ``An ambiguous multivocal word.''
--Coleridge. [1913 Webster] -- n. A multivocal word. [R.]
--Fitzed. Hall.

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multivocal

a. Having many different interpretations, meanings, or values.

Usage examples of "multivocal".

They built up their multivocal counterpoint, their massive orchestras, their fugal and sonata forms, seeking a perfection that, if they could have cleansed the rheum from their old-man's eyes, they would have known had to lie in the simple and direct rather than the periphrastic and complicated.