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Webster 1913 Edition
Amphibological
Am-phibˊo-log′ic-al
(ăm-fĭbˊō̍-lŏj′ĭ-kal)
, Adj.
Of doubtful meaning; ambiguous.
“Amphibological expressions.” Jer. Taylor.
Am-phibˊo-log′ic-al-ly
, adv.
Webster 1828 Edition
Amphibological
AMPHIBOLOG'ICAL
,Adj.
Definition 2024
amphibological
amphibological
English
Adjective
amphibological (comparative more amphibological, superlative most amphibological)
- (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.
- 1845, Alfred Binet, The Mind and the Brain (Authorised Translation of L'Âme et le Corps) (Chapter IX, Definitions Of Psychology. Project Gutenberg):
- (linguistics) Grammatically ambiguous.
Translations
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