ambiguity+of+speech
11Amphilogy — Amphilogism Am*phil o*gism, Amphilogy Am*phil o*gy, n. [Gr. ? + logy.] Ambiguity of speech; equivocation. [R.] [1913 Webster] …
12amphiboly — /am fib euh lee/, n., pl. amphibolies. ambiguity of speech, esp. from uncertainty of the grammatical construction rather than of the meaning of the words, as in The Duke yet lives that Henry shall depose. Also called amphibology. [1580 90; < L… …
13clarity — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. clearness, transparency. See meaning. Ant., obscurity, opacity. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. clearness, lucidity, limpidness, limpidity, purity, brightness, precision, explicitness, exactness,… …
14equivocation — n. 1. Quibbling, prevarication, evasion, shuffling, paltering, ambiguity of speech. 2. Quibble, equivoque, double meaning …
15amphiboly — am•phib•o•ly [[t]æmˈfɪb ə li[/t]] n. pl. lies pho ambiguity of speech, esp. from uncertainty of the grammatical construction rather than of the meaning of the words, as in The Duke yet lives that Henry shall depose[/ex] • Etymology: 1580–90; < …
16amphibology — /æmfəˈbɒlədʒi/ (say amfuh boluhjee) noun (plural amphibologies) ambiguity of speech, especially from uncertainty of the grammatical construction rather than of the meaning of the words. {Late Latin amphibologia; replacing Latin amphibolia (see… …
17eq|ui|voke — eq|ui|voque or eq|ui|voke «EHK wuh vohk», noun. 1. an expression capable of more than one meaning; a play upon words, often of a humorous nature; pun. 2. ambiguity of speech. 3. = equivocation. (Cf. ↑equivocation) ╂[< Latin aequivocus; see… …
18eq|ui|voque — or eq|ui|voke «EHK wuh vohk», noun. 1. an expression capable of more than one meaning; a play upon words, often of a humorous nature; pun. 2. ambiguity of speech. 3. = equivocation. (Cf. ↑equivocation) ╂[< Latin aequivocus; see etym. under… …
19literature — /lit euhr euh cheuhr, choor , li treuh /, n. 1. writings in which expression and form, in connection with ideas of permanent and universal interest, are characteristic or essential features, as poetry, novels, history, biography, and essays. 2.… …
20Pragmatics — Linguistics …
