English

Adjective

amphibological ‎(comparative more amphibological, superlative most amphibological)

1. (rare) of doubtful meaning, ambiguous, quibbling.
   • 1845, Alfred Binet, The Mind and the Brain (Authorised Translation of L'Âme et le Corps) (Chapter IX, Definitions Of Psychology. Project Gutenberg):

     Consequently it must be recognised that the rather amphibological expression "soulless psychology" implies no negation of the existence of the soul.

2. (linguistics) Grammatically ambiguous.

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References

• Angus Stevenson (editor), Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, 6th Edition (Oxford University Press, 2007, ISBN 9780199206872)
• Josefa Heifetz Byrne, Mrs. Byrne's Dictionary of Unusual, Obscure and Preposterous Words. Granada Publishing, 1979. ISBN 0246111518.

• amphibological in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913