ambiguous
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
ambiguous /amˈbɪgjʊəs/
▶adjective having more than one meaning; open to different interpretations.
– derivatives
ambiguously adverb,
ambiguousness noun.
ambiguously adverb,
ambiguousness noun.
– origin C16 (earlier (ME) as ambiguity): from L. ambiguus ‘doubtful’ (from ambigere ‘waver, go around’, from ambi- ‘both ways’ + agere ‘to drive’) + -ous.
'ambiguous' also found in these Oxford entries:
ambiguity
- amphibole
- amphibology
- backhanded
- because
- bi-
- Delphic
- doublespeak
- equivocal
- equivocate
- equivoque
- gnomic
- left-handed
- newspeak
- only
- oracle
- twilight zone
- weasel
