multivocal

adjective

mul·​tiv·​o·​cal

ˌməlˈtivə̇kəl

1

: signifying many things : of manifold meanings : equivocal

meet with an ambiguous or multivocal word

—S. T. Coleridge

2

[multi- + vocal] : vociferous

so bustling and multivocal in pacifism

—F. L. Paxson

scandals and horrors of the moment in multivocal … clamor

—S. H. Adams

Word History

Etymology

multi- + vocal (as in equivocal)

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