Word: amphibology

Synonyms: amphibology

eyeglass

Translations: amphibology

amphibology in french

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french

Translations:

amphibologie

amphibology in czech

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czech

Translations:

dvojsmysl

amphibology in polish

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polish

Translations:

amfibologia, dwuznaczność

amphibology in greek

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greek

Translations:

αμφισημία

The meaning and "use of": amphibology

noun

a phrase or sentence that is grammatically ambiguous, such as she sees more of her children than her husband. - What is perhaps most revealing about his text is its composite character, as it enacts what Browne might have called the ‘ amphibologies ,’ the ambiguous frames of mind of which micrography is the theater.