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E.g., `they are flying planes' can mean either that someone is flying planes or that something is flying planes
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amphibology
Alternative clues for the word amphibology
Word definitions for amphibology in dictionaries
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (context archaic English) amphiboly.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
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. ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. 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 ]
Usage examples of amphibology.
It had been an excellent Quære to have posed the Devil of Delphos, and must needs have forced him to some strange amphibology.