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amphibolgia

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
am-phi-bol-gia
IPA
21
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A grammatical construction that can be interpreted in two or more different ways; an ambiguous or equivocal statement arising from word order or sentence structure rather than from the meaning of individual words.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἀμφιβολία (amphibolía, “ambiguity”), from ἀμφίβολος (amphíbolos, “ambiguous, doubtful”) [citation:5][citation:8]. The form amphibologia appears in Late Latin.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: ἀμφιβολία

Usage

Inflected Forms

amphibologies (plural) amphibology (alternative)

Questions

What does amphibolgia mean?
A grammatical construction that can be interpreted in two or more different ways; an ambiguous or equivocal statement arising from word order or sentence structure rather than from the meaning of individual words.
Where does amphibolgia come from?
It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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