HomeServicesBlogDictionariesContactSpanish Course
Home › Dictionary › English › Amphibology
← Back to search

Meaning of Amphibology | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1
amfɪˈbɒlədʒi

Definitions

Amphiboly.

archaic, countable, uncountable

Equivalents

العربية التباس
Polski amfibolia amfibologia

Examples

“In Athens men learn'd […] to resolve a sophisticall argument, and to confound the imposture and amphibologie of words, captiously enterlaced together […]”
“[T]he fallacie of Æquivocation and Amphibologie, […] conclude from the ambiguity of ſome vvord, or the ambiguous ſintaxis of many put together.”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
See all C1 English words →

See also

amphiboly amphibrach amphibrachically amphicarpy amphichelydian amphicoelous

Learn this word in context

See Amphibology used in real conversations inside our free language course.

Start Free Course

Know this word better than we do? Language is a living thing — help us keep it growing. Collaborate with Babel Free