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amphibology
[ am-fuh-bol-uh-jee ]
amphibology
/ æmˌfɪbəˈlɒdʒɪkəl; æmˈfɪbəlɪ; ˌæmfɪˈbɒlədʒɪ; æmˈfɪbələs /
noun
- ambiguity of expression, esp when due to a grammatical construction, as in save rags and waste paper
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Derived Forms
- amphibological, adjective
- ˌˈDz, adverb
- ˌˈDZ, adjective
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Other 51Թ Forms
- ···Dz·· [am-fib-, uh, -, loj, -i-k, uh, l], adjective
- ·o·Dzi·· adverb
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51Թ History and Origins
Origin of amphibology1
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51Թ History and Origins
Origin of amphibology1
C14: from Late Latin amphibologia, ultimately from Greek amphibolos ambiguous; see amphibole , -logy
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Example Sentences
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It had been an excellent quaere to have posed the devil of Delphos, and must needs have forced him to some strange amphibology.
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For many times, in their interpretation, right witty, learned, and ingenious men have been deceived through amphibologies, equivoques, and obscurity of words, no less than by the brevity of their sentences.
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Abbreviated by subsequent usage to bête-'ni-pié, the appellation has amphibology;—for there are two words ni in the patois, one signifying "to have," and the other "naked."
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