ambiguous
adjEtymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₂énts? Proto-Indo-European *h₂m̥bʰider. Proto-Italic *amβi Latin ambi- Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵeti Proto-Italic *agō Latin agō Latin ambig(ō) Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Italic *-wos Latin -uus Latin ambiguuslbor. English ambiguous From Latin ambiguus (“moving from side to side, of doubtful nature”), from ambigere (“to go about, wander, doubt”), from ambi- (“around, about, on both sides”) + agere (“to drive, move”).
- learned borrowing from ambiguus
Definitions
Open to multiple interpretations.
- The politician was criticized for his ambiguous statements and lack of precision.
Hesitant
Hesitant; uncertain; not taking sides.
- And forasmuch as in this same question I am ambiguous, and Simplicius is resolute....
The neighborhood
- neighborambages
- neighborambiguate
- neighborambiguation
- neighborambiguity
- neighbordisambiguation
- neighborsitus ambiguous
- neighborcontradictory
- neighbormistakable
- neighborconfusing
Derived
Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at ambiguous. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.
A definitional loop anchored at ambiguous. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
7 hops · closes at ambiguous
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA