Pronounced: SOO-tuhr-kin, noun
Notes: I’ve not heard this word
Yesterday’s word
The word univocal means
- having one meaning only
- unambiguous
First usage
Our word came into English in the very late 1500s
Background / Comments
Our word and “equivocal” are related: they are antonyms, both coming into English at the same time. We tend to use “unequivocal” today instead of univocal, but perhaps I will start to use univocal. Our word comes from the Latin word univocus (one voice), which is composed of uni- (one) and vox (voice). There is an obsolete meaning that was close to the origin: “speaking in one voice; unanimous”.
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