amphibological
English
Etymology
From Latin amphibologia.
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
- “amphibological” in Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief; Angus Stevenson and Georgia Hole, editors, The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 6th edition, Oxford; New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, 2007, →ISBN.
- “amphibological” in Mrs. Byrne [Josefa Heifetz Byrne], Mrs. Byrne’s Dictionary of Unusual, Obscure and Preposterous Words: Gathered from Numerous and Diverse Authoritative Sources, London: Granada Publishing, 1979, →ISBN.
- amphibological in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.