The Collaborative International Dictionary
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.
Wiktionary
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.