/
ɪˈkwɪvək(ə)l/
adj.
open to more than one interpretation; ambiguous.
▸questionable or uncertain:
the results of the analysis were equivocal.
Derivative
- equivocality n.
- equivocally adv.
- equivocalness n.
Etymology
C16: from late L. aequivocus, from L. aequus ‘equally’ + vocare ‘to call’.