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amphibole group |
amphibolic |
amphibolips |
amphibolite |
amphibological |
amphibology
| amphibolous
| amphiboly
| amphibrach
| amphicœlian
| amphicœlous
amphibology
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun amphibology has 1 sense
- amphibology(n = noun.communication) amphiboly - an ambiguous grammatical construction; e.g., `they are flying planes' can mean either that someone is flying planes or that something is flying planes; Array is a kind of ambiguity
CIDE DICTIONARY
amphibology, n. [L. amphibologia, for amphibolia, fr. Gr. 'amfiboli`a, with the ending -logia as if fr. Gr. 'amfi`bolos ambiguous + lo`gos speech: cf. F. amphibologie. See Amphiboly.].
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. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
amphibology, n. (pl. -ies)
1 a quibble.
2 an ambiguous wording.
1 a quibble.
2 an ambiguous wording.
Etymology
ME f. OF amphibologie f. LL amphibologia for L f. Gk amphibolia ambiguity
ROGET THESAURUS
amphibology
Equivocalness
N equivocalness, double meaning, ambiguity, double entente, double entendre, pun, paragram, calembour, quibble, equivoque, anagram, conundrum, play on words, word play, homonym, homonymy, amphiboly, amphibology, ambilogy, ambiloquy, Sphinx, Delphic oracle, equivocation, white lie, mental reservation, paltering, equivocal, ambiguous, amphibolous, homonymous, double-tongued, enigmatical, indeterminate, on the one hand, on the other hand.
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