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ambiguous
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)
- Open to multiple interpretations.
- Synonym: equivocal
- Antonym: unambiguous
- (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....
- 1662 Thomas Salusbury
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
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deceitful
English
Alternative forms
- deceiptful (obsolete)
- deceiptfull (obsolete)
- deceitfull (archaic)
Etymology
deceit +? -ful
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /d??si?tf?l/, /-fl?/
Adjective
deceitful (comparative more deceitful, superlative most deceitful)
- Deliberately misleading or cheating.
- c. 1590, William Shakespeare, The Two Gentlemen of Verona, [Act II, scene vii]:
- All the?e are ?eruants to deceitfull men.
- c. 1590, William Shakespeare, The Two Gentlemen of Verona, [Act II, scene vii]:
- Deceptive, two-faced.
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:deceptive
Translations
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