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ambiloquy

ambiloquy noun: ambiguous language.

Noun

ambiloquy (countable and uncountable, plural ambiloquies)

  1. Ambiguous language.

Forms of ambiloquy

pluralambiloquies

Origin of ambiloquy

Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin ambiloquium, from ambiloquus + Classical Latin -ium, from Classical Latin ambi- (“both”) + -loquus (“speaking”). By surface analysis, ambi- + -loquy.

Questions about ambiloquy

What does ambiloquy mean?
Ambiloquy means ambiguous language.
What part of speech is ambiloquy?
Ambiloquy is a noun.
What is the plural of ambiloquy?
The plural of ambiloquy is ambiloquies.

Words near ambiloquy in the dictionary

  1. ambilocality
  2. ambilogy
  3. ambiloquent
  4. ambiloquies
  5. ambiloquous
  6. ambiloquy
  7. ambilævous
  8. ambimoustrous
  9. ambiodic
  10. Ambiong
  11. ambiophonic

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