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amphibology |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Amphibology \Am`phi*bol"o*gy\ ([a^]m`f[i^]*b[-o]l"[-o]*j[y^]), n.; pl {Amphibologies} (-j[i^]z). [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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: amphibology n : an ambiguous grammatical construction; "they are flying planes"
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