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Play written by Bill Cain
Equivocation is a 2009 play by Bill Cain that premiered at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival. It takes place in an alternate history in 17th Century England
Equivocation_(play)
Topics referred to by the same term
Look up equivocation in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Equivocation is a logical fallacy whereby an argument is made with a term which changes semantics
Equivocation_(disambiguation)
Play by William Shakespeare
had in his possession A Treatise on Equivocation, and in the play the Weird Sisters often engage in equivocation, for instance telling Macbeth that he
Macbeth
Type of informal fallacy
that truth and reality play no role in gaining scientific knowledge. The fallacy has been described as an instance of equivocation, more specifically concept-swapping
Motte-and-bailey_fallacy
American actress (born 1985)
dating Suits star Patrick J. Adams after they met on the set of the play Equivocation in 2009. The couple briefly separated before Adams' guest appearance
Troian_Bellisario
Ambiguous or roundabout figure of speech
Scottish Play" or saying "baker's dozen" instead of thirteen. Innuendo refers to something suggested but not explicitly stated. Equivocation is the use
Circumlocution
connection with the Gunpowder Plot, and found guilty. Discussion of equivocation plays a significant part in his questioning and trial. On 3 May he is hanged
1600s_in_England
Canadian and American actor (born 1981)
The two met in 2009 when they were cast opposite each other in the play Equivocation, then broke up briefly but got back together after Adams' guest appearance
Patrick_J._Adams
Descriptive ethical view that people are always motivated by self-interest
argument against psychological egoism that centers around an apparent equivocation between different senses of the word "want": The word desire often refers
Psychological_egoism
British broadcaster, journalist and former politician (born 1953)
unattractive" and his opponents within the party later used Portillo's apparent equivocation as an example of his indecisiveness; "I appeared happy to wound but afraid
Michael_Portillo
Female sibling
include individuals stipulating kinship. In response, in order to avoid equivocation, some publishers prefer the usage of female sibling over sister. Males
Sister
English actor (born 1968)
convincing in motion, less persuasive when zipping through Macbeth's equivocations." Craig also starred in Glass Onion, a sequel to Knives Out directed
Daniel_Craig
Form of incorrect argument in natural language
of informal fallacies have been identified, including the fallacy of equivocation, the fallacy of amphiboly, the fallacies of composition and division
Informal_fallacy
American actor, writer and director (born 1967)
Apparent (2014 Off-Broadway, CSC, director John Rando); Bill Cain's Equivocation (2010, Off-Broadway Manhattan Theater Club) directed by Garry Hynes;
David_Pittu
Scientific study of digital information
conditional uncertainty of X given random variable Y (also called the equivocation of X about Y) is the average conditional entropy over Y: H ( X | Y )
Information_theory
Alternative Shakespeare authorship theory
lines about "equivocation" and treason as an allusion to the trial of Henry Garnet in 1606. Oxfordians respond that the concept of "equivocation" was the
Oxfordian theory of Shakespeare authorship
Oxfordian_theory_of_Shakespeare_authorship
Form of incorrect argument and informal fallacy
combination of "nut" (i.e., insane person) and "cherry picking", as well as a play on the word "nitpicking", nut picking refers to intentionally seeking out
Straw_man
Theatre in Toronto. They stage 6 plays a year including and annual family musical. In 1968, Kanata Theatre began as a play reading group in a sleepy bedroom
Kanata_Theatre
Swedish filmmaker (1918–2007)
common motifs in them, but he later seemed to adopt the notion, with some equivocation. His parody of the films of Federico Fellini, All These Women (För att
Ingmar_Bergman
deductively equivalent, logically equivalent, materially equivalent. equivocation A logical fallacy involving the use of a word with more than one meaning
Glossary_of_logic
British fascist and writer (1910–2003)
her other remarks about Hitler showed the lifelong "same disdain for equivocation" she had always displayed, prompting him to call her an "unrepentant
Diana_Mosley
Canadian actor and director
Carousel 2015 St. Joan Arts Club 2014 Educating Rita Arts Club 2014 Equivocation Persephone 2014 God of Carnage Persephone 2011 Tear the Curtain! Electric
Scott_Bellis
American theatre director (born 1962)
Fingersmith, The Great Society, All the Way, Equivocation and By the Waters of Babylon. He also directed 19 other plays at the Festival including Othello, Richard
Bill_Rauch
background of Jesuitical equivocation". PMLA. 79 (4): 390–400. doi:10.2307/460744. JSTOR 460744. S2CID 163281389. "This kind of equivocation was in the public
Religious views of William Shakespeare
Religious_views_of_William_Shakespeare
Idea that everyone faces consequence as they deserve
suppress subsequent helping activity and that empathizing with the victim plays a large role when assigning blame. According to Ervin Staub, devaluing the
Just-world_fallacy
Words spelled or pronounced the same with different meanings
of informal fallacy of thought and argument called by the latin name equivocation. Look up homonym in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. False friends, words
Homonym
American judge and law professor (1922–1996)
between the horns of a false dilemma, although it has been mistaken as equivocation, such that the phrase if-by-whiskey has often used as shorthand for an
Noah_S._Sweat
were presented when the nominations were announced. Music Composition for a Play – Ego Plum – Gogol Project – Bootleg Theater Fight Choreography – Edgar Landa –
2010_Ovation_Awards
Former unrecognised state in Southern Africa (1965–1979)
political structure in theory, although not without qualification and equivocation. A greater degree of social and political equality, they argued, was
Rhodesia
16th-century English Jesuit priest (1555–1606)
to the doctrine of equivocation proved extremely damaging. Francis Tresham's deathbed letter, which claimed that Garnet had played no part in the so-called
Henry_Garnet
Sexual and gender-based violence committed by Hamas
global condemnation of "the sexual violence of Hamas terrorists without equivocation", calling the events "horrific". Five days later, U.S. Secretary of State
Sexual and gender-based violence in the October 7 attacks
Sexual_and_gender-based_violence_in_the_October_7_attacks
Communications theory
attempts falsification (lying), concealment (omitting material facts) or equivocation (skirting issues by changing the subject or responding indirectly). IDT
Interpersonal deception theory
Interpersonal_deception_theory
Irish republican politician (born 1948)
bombing: "I am totally horrified by this action. I condemn it without any equivocation whatsoever." Prior to this, Adams had not used the word "condemn" in
Gerry_Adams
Story within a story by Dostoevsky
Ivan's composition, and the ideas, dogmas, assertions, suggestions and equivocations expressed in the Inquisitor's monologue are the same ones at work within
The_Grand_Inquisitor
True crime documentary series
Panthera Corporation and National Geographic criticized the show for its equivocation of the unregulated private breeding with captive breeding for species
Tiger_King
Crystalline chemical element or compound formed by geologic processes
properties, some of them being sufficient for full identification without equivocation. In other cases, minerals can only be classified by more complex optical
Mineral
Type of pun
the fact that in Latin the same word can mean both "eye" and "light". Equivocation, used as a logical fallacy Figure of speech List of linguistic example
Antanaclasis
American playwright and Jesuit
Humanitas Prize and a Writers Guild of America Award for the show. His play Equivocation premiered at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival in Ashland, Oregon, in
Bill_Cain
Fallacy of assumption of causation based on sequence of events
Brazilian footballer Pelé blamed a dip in his playing performance on having given his playing shirt to a fan. His play recovered after a friend, sent to retrieve
Post_hoc_ergo_propter_hoc
Play by Bill Cain
powerful play. Just a year after his earlier successful play about the gun powder plot, Equivocation (see my review), Cain portrays in his new play, 9 Circles
9_Circles
Notification given by U.S. police to criminal suspects on their rights while in custody
suspect's Miranda rights must be clear and unequivocal. Any ambiguity or equivocation will be ineffective. If the suspect's assertion is ambiguous, the interrogating
Miranda_warning
Prime Minister of Japan (2006–2007; 2012–2020)
responsibility. [South] Korea and China are also infuriated by years of Japanese equivocations over the issue. A 2007 Washington Post editorial, "Shinzo Abe's Double
Shinzo_Abe
2017 white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia
Graduate School of Business professor Anat R. Admati said that Trump's equivocations on white nationalist groups had "put them in a very difficult position"
Unite_the_Right_rally
Ethical theory based on maximizing well-being
trying to deduce what people ought to do from what they in fact do; equivocation fallacy: Mill moves from the fact that (1) something is desirable, i
Utilitarianism
Pattern of five points, four in a square or rectangle and a fifth at its center
Dunn, William P., pp 126-129, 1950 Lobner, Corinna del Greco (1989), "Equivocation As Stylistic Device: Joyce's 'Grace' and Dante", Lectura Dantis, 4, archived
Quincunx
English government minister (1563–1612)
antagonist of the play, Equivocation, written by Bill Cain, which first premiered at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival in 2009. In the play, it is suggested
Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury
Robert_Cecil,_1st_Earl_of_Salisbury
First Lady of the United States from 2021 to 2025
stating "by the way, Jill's a Presbyterian". Some sources state without equivocation that Biden was the first second lady to have a paying job. "Dr. Jill
Jill_Biden
English actor-manager, playwright, and poet laureate
Restoration comedy, a more "humane" comedy. Parnell, Paul E. (1960) "Equivocation in Cibber's Love's Last Shift", Studies in Philology, vol. 57, no. 3
Colley_Cibber
Archbishop of Ephesus and Eastern Orthodox saint
Orthodox phrase of "through the Son," since Mark considered this to be an equivocation in light of the obvious theological disagreements between East and West
Mark_of_Ephesus
Queen of Jerusalem from 1167 to 1174
to Maria Comnena. Gerish, Deborah (2006). "Holy War, Royal Wives, and Equivocation in Twelfth-Century Jerusalem". In Naill Christie; Maya Yazigis (eds.)
Maria Komnene, Queen of Jerusalem
Maria_Komnene,_Queen_of_Jerusalem
Deceptive statement
sexual relations with that woman, Ms. Lewinsky." Here he engaged in an equivocation fallacy to deliberately indicate one particular meaning of the phrase
Half-truth
Islamic law
Ann Elizabeth (2016). "Islamic Law and Human Rights: Conundrums and Equivocations". In Gustafson, Carrie; Juviler, Peter H. (eds.). Religion and Human
Sharia
1954–1962 war of Algerian independence from France
rebellion?.... I say to all of our soldiers: your mission comprises neither equivocation nor interpretation. You have to liquidate the rebellious forces, which
Algerian_War
1977 film by Woody Allen
displays a "genial denigration of art" which contains a "significant equivocation", in that in his self-deprecation he invites the audience to believe
Annie_Hall
Individual connection to the Internet
2010 ruling by the Supreme Court of Costa Rica stated: "Without fear of equivocation, it can be said that these technologies [information technology and communication]
Internet_access
American actor
David Mamet's American Buffalo at the St. Nicholas Theater. Inspired by the play, he enrolled in the theater's two-year theatrical training program in order
John_Pankow
Series of stone inscriptions attributed to the Lost Colonists of Roanoke
but cautioned that the investigation was still ongoing. Despite this equivocation, media coverage of the conference largely concluded that the Dare Stones
Dare_Stones
Period in the 18th century
Colombian War of Independence in 1810. These revolutions were based on the equivocation of personal freedom with the right to own property — a concept spread
Age_of_Revolution
Fallacy regarding hypocrisy
hominem attack. The Oxford English Dictionary cites John Cooke's 1614 stage play The Cittie Gallant as the earliest known use of the term in the English language
Tu_quoque
Norwegian philosopher and mountaineer (1912–2009)
ambiguity"—deliberately offering ambiguous statements instead of more precise ones (equivocation). "Avoid tendentious argument from alleged implication"—assigning views
Arne_Næss
Irish republican politician and IRA leader (1950–2017)
In court, he declared his membership of the Provisional IRA without equivocation: "We have fought against the killing of our people... I am a member of
Martin_McGuinness
German Romantic writer (1777–1811)
Speak Silence: Essays. Manchester: Carcanet. Phillips, James (2007). The Equivocation of Reason: Kleist Reading Kant. Stanford: Stanford University Press
Heinrich_von_Kleist
Rhetorical tactic and potential fallacy
terms Illicit major Illicit minor Undistributed middle Informal Equivocation Equivocation False equivalence False attribution Moral equivalence Conflation
Appeal_to_nature
Communication theory
distrust. There are several different types of deception such as lies, equivocations, concealments, exaggerations, and understatements. There are many reasons
Truth-default_theory
Canadian pianist, singer and songwriter (1943–1986)
Times, Manuel expressed equivocation toward The Band's professional direction at a time when the group was relegated to playing theaters and clubs as headliners
Richard_Manuel
1534 novel by François Rabelais
of the Sorbonne, Janotus de Bragmardo (whose surname is a guaranteed equivocation on the word braquemart, which designates both a sword and the erect male
Gargantua
Buddhist philosophy founded by Nagarjuna
Nagarjuna as "primitive" and guilty of "errors in reasoning" such as that of equivocation. Hayes states that Nagarjuna was relying on the different meanings of
Madhyamaka
U.S. intelligence and covert action agency
DDCI John E. McLaughlin was part of a long discussion in the CIA about equivocation. McLaughlin, who would make, among others, the "slam dunk" presentation
Central_Intelligence_Agency
Informal title for associates of the Beatles
Sessions, 24 January Martin, Philip (2001). Artificial Southerner: Equivocations and Love Songs. University of Arkansas Press. p. 76. ISBN 1557287163
Fifth_Beatle
Hypothetical consciousness in artificial systems
Van Heuveln et al. argue that the dancing qualia argument contains an equivocation fallacy, conflating a "change in experience" between two systems with
Artificial_consciousness
Theatre company in Pittsburgh
2012 The School for Lies Chekhov Festival The Vibrator Play (Pittsburgh Premiere) Equivocation The Pitmen Painters 2011 Antony and Cleopatra House and
PICT_Classic_Theatre
1965 British film by Seth Holt
Halliwell said: "Muted Hammer experiment in psychopathology, with too much equivocation before the dénouement; the star's role allows few fireworks, and the
The_Nanny_(1965_film)
American singer-songwriter
vs. evil, right vs. wrong, and call evil by name without 'context' or equivocation". In 2025, Ondrasik performed on season six of The Song (episode "Five
Five_for_Fighting
American musician (1949–1983)
Perkins, No Saints, No Saviors, p. 130. The Artificial Southerner: Equivocations and Love Songs, By Philip Martin - Page 77 Archived 2023-09-01 at the
Lamar_Williams
Belfast parliament but without any profession of loyalty. It was an equivocation on the national question—a "pragmatic silence"— that allowed for an uneasy
Protestant_Irish_nationalists
Italian political party
Casapulla; Maria D’Agostino; Gaetano Perillo (2022). "Threat to Face and Equivocation in Televised Interviews of Italy's Politicians For and Against the 2016
Forza_Italia_(2013)
1982 poetry collection by Theresa Hak Kyung Cha
ISBN 978-90-272-6754-2.[page needed] Kim, Sue J. (2008). "Narrator, Author, Reader: Equivocation in Theresa Hak Kyung Cha's Dictee". Narrative. 16 (2): 163–177. doi:10
Dictee
Knowledge: what is known, understood, proven; information and products of learning
critical of the equivocal nature of the word "know", and believed that the equivocation arose from a failure to distinguish between the two fundamentally different
Outline_of_knowledge
Linguistic emphasis on syllables or words
words ending in –tion or –sion, which tend to be paroxytones (operation, equivocation). This tendency is so strong in English that it frequently leads to the
Stress_(linguistics)
German-born American actor and dancer (born 1951)
September 10, 1951) is an American actor and dancer, perhaps best known for playing Mayor Wilkins in Buffy the Vampire Slayer (seasons 3, 4 and 7). His accolades
Harry_Groener
American late-night talk show conflict
The Tonight Show number one after his return; he also addressed with equivocation the longstanding claim that his contract was the more expensive one to
2010_Tonight_Show_conflict
Political ideology
contributed to in Northern Ireland finally exploded, unionists believe British equivocation proved disastrous. Had they regarded Northern Ireland is an integral
Unionism_in_Ireland
American music manager (1926–1986)
few people that saw Dylan's worth very early on, and played it absolutely without equivocation or any kind of compromise." There are two interesting
Albert_Grossman
Informal fallacy and propaganda strategy
July 2017 Todd, Chuck (14 June 2017), "Chuck Todd: The Media Has 'A Role To Play' In Calling Out Caustic Rhetoric", Meet the Press, MSNBC, archived from the
Whataboutism
National anthem of Ireland
potent symbol available for its republican opponents to claim. The same equivocation hung around the status of the Irish tricolour. "The Soldier's Song" was
Amhrán_na_bhFiann
President of South Vietnam in 1975
division. Đôn, however, was equally emphatic, saying "I can state without equivocation that this was done by General Dương Văn Minh and by him alone." Lodge
Dương_Văn_Minh
Misinterpretation of stress as a suspicious attitude
concealment, and equivocation. The three differ in that falsification creates a fiction, concealment hides a secret, and equivocation dodges the issue
Othello_error
Metaphor originating from goal sports
common. If the goalposts are knocked off their moorings in the course of play, play is stopped until the goal is put back in place. If the goalposts are deliberately
Moving_the_goalposts
American serial killer (born 1930)
relive a nightmare in his life, but you will hear him tell you without equivocation that David Carpenter is the man who killed Ellen and then wounded him
David_Carpenter
2008 American film
of interest in football. Having said that, we can also say, without equivocation, that Kevin Rafferty's Harvard Beats Yale 29–29 is a dazzling, engrossing
Harvard_Beats_Yale_29–29
American politician and physician (born 1950)
described Stein's statements on vaccines as "using dog whistle terms and equivocations bound to appeal to the 'antivaccine' constituency". In an interview
Jill_Stein
French politician (1872–1950)
implicit criticism of Bonnet called upon France "to fulfill without equivocation and without fail its pledges of mutual assurance and guarantee". Blum
Léon_Blum
South Vietnamese military officer and politician (1917–1997)
offer, and blamed Minh for the executions, saying "I can state without equivocation that this was done by General Dương Văn Minh and by him alone." Đôn then
Trần_Văn_Đôn
Data, information, knowledge, wisdom hierarchy
information. In the former case, the DIKW model is open to the fallacy of equivocation. In the latter, the data tier of the DIKW model is preempted by an assertion
DIKW_pyramid
Autonomous province (banovina) of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia between 1939 and 1941
himself 'Leader' of his followers, though not, he said with characteristic equivocation when confronted by Prince Pavle about it, with any wish to emulate the
Banovina_of_Croatia
Annual awards for Broadway and Off-Broadway theatre
Outstanding Actor in a Play Outstanding Actress in a Play Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play Best Director The retired
Outer_Critics_Circle_Awards
Bias towards recently acquired information
in analysts' growth forecasts. They showed the availability heuristic to play a role in analysis of forecasts and influence investments because of this
Availability_heuristic
Fringe hypothesis
to Bringsjord and Xiao, this line of reasoning is based on fallacious equivocation on the meaning of computation. In the same book, Penrose wrote: "One
Quantum_mind
Theatre and associated theatre company in Victoria, British Columbia
Update | The Belfry Theatre". The Belfry Theatre. Retrieved 2018-04-13. "New Play Development | The Belfry Theatre". Belfry Theatre. Retrieved 2018-04-21.
Belfry_Theatre
Mistakenly drawing statistical inference from independent events
probability of a biased coin has increased to about 32%. The opening scene of the play Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead by Tom Stoppard discusses these issues
Gambler's_fallacy
EQUIVOCATION PLAY
EQUIVOCATION PLAY
Surname or Lastname
English, Scottish, German, and Dutch
English, Scottish, German, and Dutch : from Horn 1 with the agent suffix -er; an occupational name for someone who made or sold small articles made of horn, a metonymic occupational name for someone who played a musical instrument made from the horn of an animal, or a topographic name for someone who lived at a ‘horn’ of land.habitational name from Horner in Diptford, Devon, which is named from Old English horn ‘horn of land’ + ora ‘hill spur’, ‘ridge’.Jewish (Ashkenazic) : variant of Horn 4.
Surname or Lastname
German
German : from a variant of the Germanic personal name Gambert, or some other personal name formed with Old High German gam(an) ‘joy’, ‘play’.English : variant spelling of Gamble.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : status name from Middle English knyghte ‘knight’, Old English cniht ‘boy’, ‘youth’, ‘serving lad’. This word was used as a personal name before the Norman Conquest, and the surname may in part reflect a survival of this. It is also possible that in a few cases it represents a survival of the Old English sense into Middle English, as an occupational name for a domestic servant. In most cases, however, it clearly comes from the more exalted sense that the word achieved in the Middle Ages. In the feudal system introduced by the Normans the word was applied at first to a tenant bound to serve his lord as a mounted soldier. Hence it came to denote a man of some substance, since maintaining horses and armor was an expensive business. As feudal obligations became increasingly converted to monetary payments, the term lost its precise significance and came to denote an honorable estate conferred by the king on men of noble birth who had served him well. Knights in this last sense normally belonged to ancient noble families with distinguished family names of their own, so that the surname is more likely to have been applied to a servant in a knightly house or to someone who had played the part of a knight in a pageant or won the title in some contest of skill.Irish : part translation of Gaelic Mac an Ridire ‘son of the rider or knight’. See also McKnight.
Girl/Female
Tamil
Bonasri | போநாஸரீÂ
Flute, Instrument played by Lord Krishna
Bonasri | போநாஸரீÂ
Surname or Lastname
English
English : nickname from the vocabulary word lord, presumably for someone who behaved in a lordly manner, or perhaps one who had earned the title in some contest of skill or had played the part of the ‘Lord of Misrule’ in the Yuletide festivities. It may also have been an occupational name for a servant in the household of the lord of the manor, or possibly a status name for a landlord or the lord of the manor himself. The word itself derives from Old English hlÄford, earlier hlÄf-weard, literally ‘loaf-keeper’, since the lord or chief of a clan was responsible for providing food for his dependants.Irish : English name adopted as a translation of the main element of Gaelic Ó Tighearnaigh (see Tierney) and Mac Thighearnáin (see McKiernan).French : nickname from Old French l’ord ‘the dirty one’.Possibly an altered spelling of Laur.The French name is particularly associated with Acadia in Canada, around 1760.
Surname or Lastname
English and Scottish
English and Scottish : nickname from Middle English king, Old English cyning ‘king’ (originally merely a tribal leader, from Old English cyn(n) ‘tribe’, ‘race’ + the Germanic suffix -ing). The word was already used as a byname before the Norman Conquest, and the nickname was common in the Middle Ages, being used to refer to someone who conducted himself in a kingly manner, or one who had played the part of a king in a pageant, or one who had won the title in a tournament. In other cases it may actually have referred to someone who served in the king’s household. The American surname has absorbed several European cognates and equivalents with the same meaning, for example German König (see Koenig), Swiss German Küng, French Leroy. It is also found as an Ashkenazic Jewish surname, of ornamental origin.Chinese : variant of Jin 1.Chinese : , , , , Jing.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from Middle English dyse, dyce ‘die’, ‘dice’, ‘chance’, ‘luck’, probably applied as a nickname for an habitual dice player or gambler or as a metonymic occupational name for a maker of dice. Compare Deas.Possibly also an Americanized spelling of German Deiss.
Boy/Male
Tamil
Murlimanohar | à®®à¯à®°à®²à¯€à®®à®¨à¯‹à®¹à®°
The flute playing God
Murlimanohar | à®®à¯à®°à®²à¯€à®®à®¨à¯‹à®¹à®°
Surname or Lastname
English
English : occupational name for a fiddle player or a nickname for a skilled or enthusiastic amateur, from Old English fiðelere ‘fiddler’.German : variant of Fiedler.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from the Middle English personal name Gullake, Gudloc (Old English GūðlÄc, composed of the elements gūð ‘battle’ + lÄc ‘sport’, ‘play’, reinforced by the Old Norse cognate Guðleikr).See Gullick.
Surname or Lastname
English and Dutch
English and Dutch : from the rare medieval female personal name Eve, Eva (from Hebrew Chava, of uncertain origin). This was, according to the Book of Genesis, the name of the first woman, and in some cases the name may have been acquired by someone (invariably a man) who had played the part in a drama dealing with the Creation.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : one of the most common and widespread of English surnames, either a nickname for someone who was fond of dressing in this color (Old English grēne) or who had played the part of the ‘Green Man’ in the May Day celebrations, or a topographic name for someone who lived near a village green, Middle English grene (a transferred use of the color term). In North America this name has no doubt assimilated cognates from other European languages, notably German Grün (see Gruen).Jewish (American) : Americanized form of German Grün or Yiddish Grin, Ashkenazic ornamental names meaning ‘green’ or a short form of any of the numerous compounds with this element.Irish : translation of various Gaelic surnames derived from glas ‘gray’, ‘green’, ‘blue’. See also Fahey.North German : short form of a habitational name from a place name with Gren- as the first element (for example Greune, Greubole).
Surname or Lastname
English, Scottish, and Irish
English, Scottish, and Irish : occupational name for a player on the harp, from an agent derivative of Middle English, Middle Dutch harp ‘harp’. The harper was one of the most important figures of a medieval baronial hall, especially in Scotland and northern England, and the office of harper was sometimes hereditary. The Scottish surname is probably an Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Chruiteir ‘son of the harper’ (from Gaelic cruit ‘harp’, ‘stringed instrument’). This surname has long been present in Ireland.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : occupational name for a player on the lute, Middle English lutar, an agent derivative of lute.English : metonymic occupational name for an otter hunter, from Old French loutre ‘otter’.Dutch : variant of Luther 1.
Surname or Lastname
English (chiefly Nottinghamshire)
English (chiefly Nottinghamshire) : nickname from the personal name Herod (Greek HÄ“rÅdÄ“s, apparently derived from hÄ“rÅs ‘hero’), borne by the king of Judea (died ad 4) who at the time of the birth of Christ ordered that all male children in Bethlehem should be slaughtered (Matthew 2: 16–18). In medieval mystery plays Herod was portrayed as a blustering tyrant, and the name was therefore given to someone one who had played the part, or who had an overbearing temper.English : variant of Harold (1 or 2).Greek : shortened form of Herodiadis, a patronymic from the classical personal name HÄ“rodiÅn. This was the name of a relative of St. Paul and an early Bishop of Patras, venerated in the Orthodox Church. HÄ“rodÄ“s ‘Herod’ is also found in Greek as a nickname for a violent man, but this is less likely to be the source of the surname.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from an agent derivative of Middle English pleyen ‘to play’, hence an occupational name for an actor or musician or a nickname for a successful competitor in contests of athletic or sporting prowess.
Surname or Lastname
English (of Norman origin)
English (of Norman origin) : habitational name from Déville in Seine-Maritime, France, probably named with Latin dei villa ‘settlement of (i.e. under the protection of) God’. This name was interpreted early on as a prepositional phrase de ville or de val and applied to dwellers in a town or valley (see Ville and Vale).English : nickname from Middle English devyle, Old English dēofol ‘devil’ (Latin diabolus, from Greek diabolos ‘slanderer’, ‘enemy’), referring to a mischievous youth or perhaps to someone who had acted the role of the Devil in a pageant or mystery play.French : variant of Ville, with the preposition de.
Surname or Lastname
Jewish (American)
Jewish (American) : Americanized form of Gorelik.English (chiefly Lancashire) : from Middle English garlek ‘garlic’, hence a metonymic occupational name for a grower or seller of garlic or perhaps a nickname for someone who ate a lot of garlic. An alternative derivation of the English name is from an unrecorded survival into Middle English of the Old English personal name GÄrlÄc, which is composed of the elements gÄr ‘spear’ + lÄc ‘sport’, ‘play’.German : altered form of Garlich (see Gerlich).
Surname or Lastname
English, Scottish, German, and Dutch
English, Scottish, German, and Dutch : from Middle English, Middle High German, Middle Dutch horn ‘horn’, applied in a variety of senses: as a metonymic occupational name for someone who made small articles, such as combs, spoons, and window lights, out of horn; as a metonymic occupational name for someone who played a musical instrument made from the horn of an animal; as a topographic name for someone who lived by a horn-shaped spur of a hill or tongue of land in a bend of a river, or a habitational name from any of the places named with this element (for example, in England, Horne in Surrey on a spur of a hill and Horn in Rutland in a bend of a river); as a nickname, perhaps referring to some feature of a person’s physical appearance, or denoting a cuckolded husband.Norwegian : habitational name from any of several farmsteads so named, from Old Norse horn ‘horn’, ‘spur of land’.Swedish : ornamental or topographic name from horn ‘horn’, ‘spur of land’.Jewish (Ashkenazic) : presumably from German Horn ‘horn’, adopted as a surname for reasons that are not clear. It may be purely ornamental, or it may refer to the ram’s horn (Hebrew shofar) blown in the Synagogue during various ceremonies.
Surname or Lastname
English (mainly Norfolk)
English (mainly Norfolk) : habitational name from a place in Suffolk, so called from Old English plæga, plega ‘sport’, ‘play’ + ford ‘ford’.
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English
English : habitational name, possibly a variant of Hannington, which is from places so named in Hampshire, Northamptonshire, or Wiltshire. The first and second are named from the Old English personal name Hana + -ing- denoting association with + tūn ‘farmstead’, ‘settlement’, while the one in Wiltshire is from Old English hanena, genitive plural of hana ‘cock’, ‘male bird’ or the Old English personal name Hana + dūn ‘hill’.
Boy/Male
Tamil
Paramahans | பரமஹஂஸ
Sadguru
Girl/Female
Australian, Greek, Latin
Messenger
Girl/Female
Indian, Punjabi, Sikh
Dedication to God through Honest and Hard Work
Female
Norse
Old Norse name VERÃANDI means "present; that which is happening; in the making." In mythology, this is the name of one of the three Norns, a goddess of destiny. The other two are Skuld ("future") and Urðr ("fate; that which happened").Â
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Tamil
One of the kauravas
Girl/Female
Tamil
Danushri | தாநà¯à®‚à®·à¯à®°à¯€
Boy/Male
British, English
From the Welshman's Hill
Girl/Female
Indian
Fortunate
Girl/Female
Hindu, Indian, Tamil
Goddess Parvati
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n.
The use of expressions susceptible of a double signification, with a purpose to mislead.
n.
A play on words which have the same sound but different meanings; an expression in which two different applications of a word present an odd or ludicrous idea; a kind of quibble or equivocation.
n.
Time for play or diversion.
v. t.
To imagine to be guilty, upon slight evidence, or without proof; as, to suspect one of equivocation.
n.
A playwright.
n.
Ambiguity of speech; equivocation.
v. i.
To change one's position; to shift ground; to evade questions; to resort to equivocation; to prevaricate.
v. i.
To shift or turn from one side to the other, from the direct course, or from truth; to speak with equivocation; to shuffle; to quibble; as, he prevaricates in his statement.
a.
Free from reserve, disguise, equivocation, or dissimulation; open; frank; as, an ingenuous man; an ingenuous declaration, confession, etc.
a.
Playful; wanton; sportive.
n.
A thing to play with; a toy; anything that serves to amuse.
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Equivocate
n.
A phrase, discourse, or proposition, susceptible of two interpretations; and hence, of uncertain meaning. It differs from equivocation, which arises from the twofold sense of a single term.
a.
Indicating, or characterized by, equivocation.
n.
One who equivocates.
n.
A maker or adapter of plays.
n.
A companion in diversions; a playfellow.
n.
A writer of plays; a dramatist; a playwright.
n.
A subtilty; an equivocation.
n.
An equivocation; a guibble.