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Definition of Amphibology
1. 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.
Definition of Amphibology
1. n. A phrase, discourse, or proposition, susceptible of two interpretations; and hence, of uncertain meaning. It differs from equivocation, which arises from the twofold sense of a single term.
Definition of Amphibology
1. Noun. (archaic) Amphiboly. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Amphibology
1. [n -GIES]
Medical Definition of Amphibology
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Amphibology
Literary usage of Amphibology
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A French Grammar: Containing, Besides the Rules of the Language, a Complete by Joseph de Laporte (1844)
"There is an amphibology in a sentence, when it mar receive two different ...
Of an amphibology of the first kind : Qu'ai-je fait pour venir accabler en ces ..."
2. A Theoretical and Practical Grammar of the French Language: In which the by Levizac (Jean Pons Victor Lecoutz), Anthony Bolmar (1844)
"Of an amphibology of the first kind. Un h£ros, sur qui seul j'ai pu tourner ...
Pour venir forms an amphibology, because we do not know whether it relates ..."
3. A Theoretical and Practical Grammar of the French Tongue: In which the by Jean-Pons-Victor Lecoutz de Levizac, G. Hamonière (1820)
"3. Of the possessive pronouns, son, sa, sts, etc. 4. By giving a wrong place to
nouns. EXAMPLE. Of an amphibology of the first kind. ..."
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