单词 | ambifarious |
释义 | † ambifariousadj. Obsolete. Of a word, text, etc.: that has two or more possible meanings; ambiguous. ΚΠ 1656 T. Blount Glossographia Ambifarious, double, or that may be taken both ways. 1766 T. Sadler Poems Var. Subj. 41 The Bridegroom, with his Bride is brought, To Bed with various Turn of Thought; By Ruth, with ambifarious Jest: To please them both, she thinks it best. 1804 S. A. Hook Secret Machinations I. iii. 125 I shall set forth all their hallucinations, prove and rectify the anachronisms, deracinate each ambifarious text. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2020). < adj.1656 |
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