ambiguous middle
noun
: the fallacy of using the middle term of a syllogism in two different meanings : undistributed middle
Word History
First Known Use
1827, in the meaning defined above
- king's ransom
- King's Regulations
- King's Remembrancer
- King's Scholar
- King's Scout
- king's shilling
- King's silver
- king's spear
- King's X
- king's yellow
- king's-fern
- king's-ferns
- king's-fruit
- king's-fruits
- king-emperor
- king-in-council
- king-in-parliament
- king-killer
- king-of-the-herrings
- king-of-the-salmon
- king-post truss
- king-size
- king-sized
- kingbird
- kingbirds