Definition of "amphibology" []

• An ambiguous or equivocal statement. (noun)

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• "It had been an excellent quaere to have posed the devil of Delphos, and must needs have forced him to some strange amphibology."
• "This artifice is called equivocation or amphibology; it consists in the use of words that have a natural double meaning; it supposes in him who resorts to it the right to conceal the truth, a right superior to that of the tormentor who questions him."
• "It had been an excellent Quære52 to have posed the Devil of Delphos, 53 and must needs have forced him to some strange amphibology."