amphibological

adjective

am·​phib·​o·​log·​i·​cal

¦amˌfibə¦läjə̇kəl,

am¦f-

: characterized by the ambiguity found in an amphibology : ambiguous, equivocal

amphibologically

-k(ə)lē

adverb

Word History

First Known Use

1577, in the meaning defined above

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