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