"amphibological" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more amphibological [comparative], most amphibological [superlative]
Etymology: From Latin amphibologia. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|la|amphibologia}} Latin amphibologia Head templates: {{en-adj}} amphibological (comparative more amphibological, superlative most amphibological)
  1. (rare) of doubtful meaning, ambiguous, quibbling. Tags: rare
    Sense id: en-amphibological-en-adj-X7LgXXwr
  2. (linguistics) Grammatically ambiguous. Categories (topical): Linguistics Translations (grammatically ambiguous): amfiboliczny (Polish), anfibológico (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en-amphibological-en-adj-~OIIHacY Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 18 82 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 21 79 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 23 77 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 18 82 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 12 88 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 28 72 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 25 75 Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences Disambiguation of 'grammatically ambiguous': 18 82
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: amphibologically
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