amphibology

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Amphiboly

In Athens men learn'd to resolve a sophisticall argument, and to confound the imposture and amphibologie of words, captiously enterlaced together .

{n} a double speech, an ambiguity
an ambiguous grammatical construction; e g , `they are flying planes' can mean either that someone is flying planes or that something is flying planes
A phrase, discourse, or proposition, susceptible of two interpretations; and hence, of uncertain meaning
`they are flying planes' can mean either that someone is flying planes or that something is flying planes
It differs from equivocation, which arises from the twofold sense of a single term
an ambiguous grammatical construction; e
{i} vagueness in a language; phrase or sentence which can be explained in many ways; ambiguous phrase or sentence (Grammar)
amphibology

    الواصلة

    am·phi·bo·lo·gy

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    () From French amphibologie, from late Latin amphibologia, earlier amphibolia, from Ancient Greek ἀμφιβολία (“ambiguity”).
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