amphibolic

 [am-fuh-bol-ik]  

am·phi·bol·ic

   [am-fuh-bol-ik]
adjective
equivocal; uncertain; changing; ambiguous.
Origin:
1850–55; amphibol(y) + -ic
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Amphibolic is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
a fool or simpleton; ninny.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
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amphibology or amphiboly (ˌæmfɪˈbɒlədʒɪ, æmˈfɪbəlɪ)
 
—n , pl -gies, -lies
ambiguity of expression, esp when due to a grammatical construction, as in save rags and waste paper
 
[C14: from Late Latin amphibologia, ultimately from Greek amphibolos ambiguous; see amphibole, -logy]
 
amphiboly or amphiboly
 
—n
 
[C14: from Late Latin amphibologia, ultimately from Greek amphibolos ambiguous; see amphibole, -logy]
 
amphi'bolic or amphiboly
 
—adj
 
amphibolous or amphiboly
 
—adj
 
amphibological or amphiboly
 
—adj
 
amphibo'logically or amphiboly
 
—adv

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