amphibolousとは 意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• IPA: /æmˈfɪbələs/

形容詞

amphibolous (comparative more amphibolous, superlative most amphibolous)

1. (obsolete outside philosophy, linguistics) Ambiguous; doubtful or unclear.
   • 1640, I. H. [i.e., James Howell], ΔΕΝΔΡΟΛΟΓΊΑ [DENDROLOGIA]. Dodona’s Grove, or, The Vocall Forrest, London: […] T[homas] B[adger] for H. Mosley [i.e., Humphrey Moseley] […], →OCLC:

     Never was there such an amphibolous quarrel — both parties declaring themselves for the king.

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参照

• “amphibolous”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

アナグラム

• ambophilous