单词 | amphibology |
释义 | amphibology/ˌamfɪˈbɒlədʒi /noun (plural amphibologies) 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....
OriginLate Middle English: from Old French amphibologie, from late Latin amphibologia, from Latin amphibolia, from Greek amphibolos 'ambiguous' (see amphibole). Rhymes |
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