different between ambiguous vs cabalistic

English

Etymology

From Latin ambiguus (“moving from side to side, of doubtful nature”), from ambigere (“to go about, wander, doubt”), from ambi- (“around, about, on both sides”) + agere (“to drive, move”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /æm?b??ju?s/

Adjective

ambiguous (comparative more ambiguous, superlative most ambiguous)

1. Open to multiple interpretations.

   Synonym: equivocal

   Antonym: unambiguous

2. (obsolete, of persons) Hesitant; uncertain; not taking sides.
   • 1662 Thomas Salusbury

     And forasmuch as in this same question I am ambiguous, and Simplicius is resolute....

Related terms

• ambages
• ambiguity
• ambiguate
• ambiguation
• disambiguation

Translations

See also

• contradictory
• mistakable
• confusing

Further reading

• ambiguous in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• ambiguous in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

References

• John A. Simpson and Edward S. C. Weiner, editors (1989) , “ambiguous”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, ?ISBN

English

Alternative forms

• cabbalistic
• kabbalistic
• qabalistic

Etymology

From cabalist +? -ic or cabal +? -istic.

Adjective

cabalistic (comparative more cabalistic, superlative most cabalistic)

1. Of or relating to a cabal; secretive and cliquish.
2. Of or relating to Kabballah.
   • 1906, Jewish Encyclopedia:

     Aaron is the author of "Bet Aharon" (Aaron's House; Brody, 1875), which contains his cabalistic and ethical expositions of the Pentateuch.

Derived terms

• cabalistically

Translations

References

AARON BEN ASHER OF KARLIN

Romanian

Etymology

From French cabalistique

Adjective

cabalistic m or n (feminine singular cabalistic?, masculine plural cabalistici, feminine and neuter plural cabalistice)

1. cabalistic

Declension