ETYM Latin amphibologia, for amphibolia, from Greek amphibolia, with the ending -logia as if from Greek amphibolos ambiguous + logos speech: cf. French amphibologie. Related to Amphiboly.
An ambiguous grammatical construction.
Ambiguity in language; dual grammatical meaning.
A sentence or phrase (as) that can be interpreted in more than one way.
Amphiboly; ambiguous speech; equivocation; quibble.