Home / Dictionary / Amphiboly

Amphiboly Moderate

Amphiboly has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

an ambiguous grammatical construction; e.g., `they are flying planes' can mean either that someone is flying planes or that something is flying planes

2

An ambiguous grammatical construction.

See Also
equivocation grammatical amphibian ambiguous amphibology squinting modifier construction amphibologia
Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
ambiguity
Rhyming Words
oly roly coly poly holy moly hooly gooly dooly cooly booly wooly scholy unholy drooly emboly schooly duopoly thoroly anatoly
Compare
Amphiboly vs