univocal
/juːnɪˈvoʊkəl/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.39 in modern English
13
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Containing instances of only one vowel; univocalic.
adj
noun
A word having only one meaning.
noun
A document containing instances of only one vowel.
Example Sentences
- "There were, he argued, some words, such as ‘fat’ or ‘exhausted’, that could not apply to God, but if such terms as ‘being’, ‘goodness’ or ‘wisdom’ were not univocal of God and creatures, ‘one could not naturally have any concept of God – which is false.’"
- "Eunoia is a univocal lipogram — an anomalous narrative, in which each vowel appears by itself in its own chapter, telling a story in its own voice."
- "I read through the dictionary five times to extract an extensive lexicon of univocal words containing only one of the five vowels."
- "The book's main conceit is to make poetry from univocal words (words containing just one vowel) […]"
- "But I am much pleased at the repetition of the divine favour to you in the like instances; that God hath given you another testimony of his love to your person, and care of your family ; it is an engagement to you of new degrees of duty, which you cannot but superadde to the former, because the principle is genuine and prolific, and all the emanations of grace are univocal and alike."
- "It is not indeed impossible, that from the sperm of a cock, hen, or other animal, being once in putrescence, either from incubation or otherwise, some generation may ensue; not univocal and of the same species, but some imperfect or monstrous production […]"
Etymology
Word Breakdown
- Root: ūnivocus
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /juːnɪˈvoʊkəl/
- British English: /juːnɪˈvəʊkəl/