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Noun: amphibology  ,am-fu'bó-lu-jee
  1. An ambiguous grammatical construction
    "The sentence 'I saw a man on a hill with a telescope' is an amphibology";
    - amphiboly

Derived forms: amphibologies

Type of: ambiguity

Encyclopedia: Amphibology