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amphiboly

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun amphiboly has 1 sense

amphiboly(n = noun.communication) amphibology - 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

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amphiboly, n. [L. amphibolia, Gr. : cf. OE. amphibolie. See Amphibolous.].

Ambiguous discourse; amphibology. [1913 Webster]

"If it oracle contrary to our interest or humor, we will create an amphiboly, a double meaning where there is none." [1913 Webster]

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amphiboly

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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