amphibology

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• Amphibology — or amphiboly (from the Greek amphibolia ) is an ambiguous grammatical structure in a sentence.ExamplesTeenagers shouldn t be allowed to drive. It s getting too dangerous on the streets.This could be taken to mean the teenagers will be in danger,… …   Wikipedia

• Amphibology — Am phi*bol o*gy ([a^]m f[i^]*b[ o]l [ o]*j[y^]), n.; pl. {Amphibologies} ( j[i^]z). [L. amphibologia, for amphibolia, fr. Gr. amfiboli a, with the ending logia as if fr. Gr. amfi bolos ambiguous + lo gos speech: cf. F. amphibologie. See… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• amphibology — [am fib′ə lē] n. pl. amphibolies [am΄fə bäl′ə jē] n. amphibologies [ME amphibologie < LL amphibologia (altered after words ending in logia, LOGY) < L amphibolia < Gr, ambiguity < amphiballein: see AMPHIBOLE] 1. double or doubtful… …   English World dictionary

• 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 — amphibological /am fib euh loj i keuhl/, adj. amphibologically, adv. /am feuh bol euh jee/, n., pl. amphibologies. amphiboly. [1325 75; ME amphibologie < LL amphibologia. See AMPHIBOLY, LOGY] * * * …   Universalium

• 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 — n. vagueness in a language; phrase or sentence which can be explained in many ways; ambiguous phrase or sentence (Grammar) …   English contemporary dictionary

• 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 — am·phi·bol·o·gy …   English syllables

• amphibology — am•phi•bol•o•gy [[t]ˌæm fəˈbɒl ə dʒi[/t]] n. pl. gies amphiboly • Etymology: 1325–75; ME amphibologie < LL amphibologia. See amphiboly, logy …   From formal English to slang

• 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… …