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amphibolous

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am·phib·o·lous  (m-fb-ls)
adj.
Having a grammatical structure that allows of two interpretations; equivocal.
[From Late Latin amphibolus; see amphibole.]
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Yet, though now all was plainly revealed, so near to eye I could examine the very texture of her flesh (not young, but supple, knowing), espy in her shaking and squatting and twisting the subtlest of amphibolous meanings, could decipher her little grunts and wheezes and read her hands' scribble down the trembling volumes of her hams and thighs, it seemed the more I saw, the less I saw.
On Mrs. Willie Masters by Coover, Robert / The Review of Contemporary Fiction
 
 
 
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