About The Word Amphibology
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Amphibology
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What's The Definition Of Amphibology?
[n] an ambiguous grammatical construction; e.g., `they are flying planes' can mean either that someone is flying planes or that something is flying planes
Synonyms | Synonyms for Amphibology: amphiboly Related Terms | Find terms related to Amphibology: See Also | ambiguity Amphibology In Webster's Dictionary \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.
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