Associations to the word «Amphibology»

Wiktionary

AMPHIBOLOGY, noun. (archaic) Amphiboly.

Dictionary definition

AMPHIBOLOGY, noun. An ambiguous grammatical construction; e.g., `they are flying planes' can mean either that someone is flying planes or that something is flying planes.

Wise words

A word is not a crystal, transparent and unchanged; it is the skin of a living thought and may vary greatly in color and content according to the circumstances and time in which it is used.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.