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Amphibology - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Amphibology : (noun)
1: 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: amphiboly]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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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 Amphiboly.]
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.
Based on WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003)
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