Meanings
- uncountableAmbiguity in writing; amphiboly.
The statement contains the error of amphibolia and as a result the expert drew two opinions, one of which was unnecessary.
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Give instances of amphibolia, and illustrate the double meaning of words arising by accident, by first and second intention, and by analogy.
1859 June, “Examination Papers”, in The English Journal of Education, volume 13, page 193One is not necessarily a likeness of the other, nor an elevated ideal from the base; rather both sides coexist or comingle as an ambiguous and ambivalent weave ina tropical pattern of amphibolia.
2018, Michele Kennerly, Damien Smith Pfister, Ancient Rhetorics and Digital Networks, page 36
Origin
- Ancient Greekἀμφιβολία“ambiguity”
- Englishamphibolia
From Ancient Greek ἀμφιβολία (amphibolía, “ambiguity”), from ἀμφίβολος (amphíbolos, “ambiguous, doubtful”).
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