Word of the Day

: November 21, 2021

univocal

adjective yoo-NIV-uh-kul

What It Means

Univocal means "unambiguous"—that is, "clear" or "precise."   

// The results of the study were univocal.

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univocal in Context

"An audience member asked the panel if fans might get to see a musical episode in Season 3. Several TV shows have gone down this path…. The answer from [Scott Grimes] was, at first, univocal: 'Absolutely not.' However, he paused and added, 'But if we did….'" — Scott Snowden, Space.com, 26 Oct. 2019

Did You Know?

In Latin, the prefix uni- ("one") united with vox ("voice"), creating univocus, the source of English's univocal.