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amphibology

noun
/amfɪˈbɒlədʒi/UK

Etymology

From French amphibologie, from late Latin amphibologia, earlier amphibolia, from Ancient Greek ἀμφιβολία (amphibolía, “ambiguity”).

  1. derived from ἀμφιβολία — “ambiguity”
  2. derived from amphibologia
  3. borrowed from amphibologie

Definitions

  1. Amphiboly.

    • In Athens men learn'd […] to resolve a sophisticall argument, and to confound the imposture and amphibologie of words, captiously enterlaced together […]
    • [T]he fallacie of Æquivocation and Amphibologie, […] conclude from the ambiguity of ſome vvord, or the ambiguous ſintaxis of many put together.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for amphibology. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA