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ลองค้นหาคำในรูปแบบอื่น ๆ เพื่อให้ได้ผลลัพธ์มากขึ้นหรือน้อยลง: -amphibology-, *amphibology*
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English-Thai: HOPE Dictionary [with local updates]
amphibology(แอมฟิบอล' โลจี) n. การที่มีความหมายสองนัย, ความหมายที่คลุมเคลือ, ประโยคที่มีความหมายสองนัยฐ การพูดจาเหลวไหล. -amphibolical, amphibolous adj.

WordNet (3.0)
amphibology(n) an ambiguous grammatical construction; e.g., `they are flying planes' can mean either that someone is flying planes or that something is flying planes, Syn. amphiboly

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English (GCIDE) v.0.53
Amphibology

n.; pl. Amphibologies [ L. amphibologia, for amphibolia, fr. Gr. 'amfiboli`a, with the ending -logia as if fr. Gr. 'amfi`bolos ambiguous + lo`gos speech: cf. F. amphibologie. See Amphiboly. ] A phrase, discourse, or proposition, susceptible of two interpretations; and hence, of uncertain meaning. It differs from equivocation, which arises from the twofold sense of a single term. [ 1913 Webster ]

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