Standard Lemma guide
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
noun
The use of equivocal or ambiguous words.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
the use of ambiguous words
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: ambiguity
History
From Ancient Greek πάρισος (párisos, “almost equal, balanced”) + -logy (“way of speaking”).
