amphibology (noun)

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• amphibology — noun (plural gies) Etymology: Middle English amphibologie, from Late Latin amphibologia, alteration of Latin amphibolia, from Greek, from amphibolos Date: 14th century a sentence or phrase (as “nothing is good enough for you”) that can be… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• amphibology — noun /amfɪˈbɒlədʒi/ Amphiboly. In Athens men learnd [...] to resolve a sophisticall argument, and to confound the imposture and amphibologie of words, captiously enterlaced together [...] …   Wiktionary

• amphibology — [ˌamfɪ bɒlədʒi] noun (plural amphibologies) a phrase or sentence that is grammatically ambiguous. Origin ME: from OFr. amphibologie, from late L. amphibologia, from L. amphibolia, from Gk amphibolos ambiguous …   English new terms dictionary

• amphibology — /æmfəˈbɒlədʒi/ (say amfuh boluhjee) noun (plural amphibologies) ambiguity of speech, especially from uncertainty of the grammatical construction rather than of the meaning of the words. {Late Latin amphibologia; replacing Latin amphibolia (see… …  

• amphiboly — noun (plural lies) Etymology: Late Latin amphibolia Date: circa 1588 amphibology …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• amphibologia — noun Ambiguity of grammatical structure. See Also: amphibology, amphiboly …   Wiktionary

• amphiboly — noun an ambiguous grammatical construction; e.g., they are flying planes can mean either that someone is flying planes or that something is flying planes • Syn: ↑amphibology • Hypernyms: ↑ambiguity …   Useful english dictionary

• verbal fallacy — noun : unsound reasoning that uses words ambiguously or otherwise violates a condition for the proper use of language in argument compare amphibology, fallacy of composition, fallacy of division, formal fallacy …   Useful english dictionary

• am|phib|o|ly — «am FIHB uh lee», noun, plural lies. = amphibology. (Cf. ↑amphibology) ╂[< Latin amphibolia < Greek amphibolíā < amphíbolos ambiguous < amphi on both sides + bolos struck] …   Useful english dictionary

• List of philosophy topics (A-C) — 110th century philosophy 11th century philosophy 12th century philosophy 13th century philosophy 14th century philosophy 15th century philosophy 16th century philosophy 17th century philosophy 18th century philosophy 19th century philosophy220th… …   Wikipedia

• amphiboly — /æmˈfɪbəli/ (say am fibuhlee) noun (plural amphibolies) → amphibology. {Latin amphibolia ambiguity, from Greek} …