The Collaborative International Dictionary
Amphibolous
Amphibolous \Am*phib"o*lous\, a. [L. amphibolus, Gr. ? thrown about, doubtful. See Amphibole.]
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Ambiguous; doubtful. [Obs.]
Never was there such an amphibolous quarrel -- both parties declaring themselves for the king.
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(Logic) Capable of two meanings.
An amphibolous sentence is one that is capable of two meanings, not from the double sense of any of the words, but from its admitting of a double construction; e. g., ``The duke yet lives that Henry shall depose.''
--Whately.
Wiktionary
amphibolous
a. (context obsolete English) ambiguous; doubtful