n.
Pronunciation: ˌ am(p)-f ə - ' bä-l ə -j ē
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural -gies
Etymology: Middle English amphibologie, from Late Latin amphibologia, alteration of Latin amphibolia, from Greek, from amphibolos
Date: 14th century
: a sentence or phrase (as “ nothing is good enough for you ” ) that can be interpreted in more than one way