amphibologyn.

/ˌæmfɪˈbɒlədʒɪ/

Etymology: < French amphibologie, < late Latin amphibologia (Isidore), for earlier amphibolia (Cic.), < Greek ἀμϕιβολία ambiguity, with the ending -logia, Greek -λογία speech, by form-assoc. with tautologia, etc. Also found in the Latin form.

1. = amphiboly n. 1.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > equivocal quality, ambiguity > [noun] > expression containing

amphibologyc1374

ambagea1413

ambiguity1583

ambiguea1592

amphibole1606

amphiboly1610

equivoque1614

dilogy1656

double entendre1673

amphilogy1731

amphibologism1813

equivocality1830

double entente1895

left-hander1920

c1374 Chaucer Troylus & Criseyde iv. 1406 For goddes speken in amphibologies, And for o soth, they tellen twenty lyes.

1552 H. Latimer Serm. Lord's Prayer vii. II. 112 It is an amphibologia, and therefore Erasmus turneth it into Latin with such words.

1661 J. Glanvill Vanity of Dogmatizing xvi. 158 That the mind be not misled by Amphibologies.

1728 E. Chambers Cycl. (at cited word), The English Language..is not capable of any Amphibologies of this kind.

1864 J. H. Newman Apologia App. 86 Nothing is adduced..for the lawful use of Amphibologies.

2. = amphiboly n. 2.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > logic > logical syllogism > logical argument > [noun] > logical fallacy > other types of fallacy

ignoratio elenchi1559

fallacy of (the) accident1568

fallacy of division?1582

amphiboly1588

amphibology1589

equivocation1605

dominative argument1656

fallacy of the heapa1774

illicit process1827

obscurum per obscurius1842

genetic fallacy1904

type-fallacy1935

society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > figure of speech > figures of structure or thought > [noun] > ambiguous sentence or clause structure

amphiboly1588

amphibology1589

1589 G. Puttenham Arte Eng. Poesie iii. xxii. 217 Such ambiguous termes they call Amphibologia, we call it the ambiguous, or figure of sence incertaine.

1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica 13 The fallacie of Æquivocation and Amphibologie.

1655 H. L'Estrange Reign King Charles 71 Giving him a quaint wipe with the amphibology, the double-mindednesse of the word ‘dux.’

1870 W. S. Jevons Elem. Lessons Logic xx. 172 The fallacy of Amphibology consists in an ambiguous grammatical structure of a sentence which produces misconception.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1884; most recently modified version published online November 2010).

单词	amphibology
释义	amphibologyn. /ˌæmfɪˈbɒlədʒɪ/ Etymology: < French amphibologie, < late Latin amphibologia (Isidore), for earlier amphibolia (Cic.), < Greek ἀμϕιβολία ambiguity, with the ending -logia, Greek -λογία speech, by form-assoc. with tautologia, etc. Also found in the Latin form. 1. = amphiboly n. 1. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > equivocal quality, ambiguity > [noun] > expression containing amphibologyc1374 ambagea1413 ambiguity1583 ambiguea1592 amphibole1606 amphiboly1610 equivoque1614 dilogy1656 double entendre1673 amphilogy1731 amphibologism1813 equivocality1830 double entente1895 left-hander1920 c1374 Chaucer Troylus & Criseyde iv. 1406 For goddes speken in amphibologies, And for o soth, they tellen twenty lyes. 1552 H. Latimer Serm. Lord's Prayer vii. II. 112 It is an amphibologia, and therefore Erasmus turneth it into Latin with such words. 1661 J. Glanvill Vanity of Dogmatizing xvi. 158 That the mind be not misled by Amphibologies. 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. (at cited word), The English Language..is not capable of any Amphibologies of this kind. 1864 J. H. Newman Apologia App. 86 Nothing is adduced..for the lawful use of Amphibologies. 2. = amphiboly n. 2. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > logic > logical syllogism > logical argument > [noun] > logical fallacy > other types of fallacy ignoratio elenchi1559 fallacy of (the) accident1568 fallacy of division?1582 amphiboly1588 amphibology1589 equivocation1605 dominative argument1656 fallacy of the heapa1774 illicit process1827 obscurum per obscurius1842 genetic fallacy1904 type-fallacy1935 society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > figure of speech > figures of structure or thought > [noun] > ambiguous sentence or clause structure amphiboly1588 amphibology1589 1589 G. Puttenham Arte Eng. Poesie iii. xxii. 217 Such ambiguous termes they call Amphibologia, we call it the ambiguous, or figure of sence incertaine. 1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica 13 The fallacie of Æquivocation and Amphibologie. View more context for this quotation 1655 H. L'Estrange Reign King Charles 71 Giving him a quaint wipe with the amphibology, the double-mindednesse of the word ‘dux.’ 1870 W. S. Jevons Elem. Lessons Logic xx. 172 The fallacy of Amphibology consists in an ambiguous grammatical structure of a sentence which produces misconception. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1884; most recently modified version published online November 2010). < n.c1374
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