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| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : am-big-yoo-uhs |
| Phonetic Transcription : æmˈbɪg yu əs |
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Définition of ambiguousness
Origin :- 1520s, from Latin ambiguus "having double meaning, shifting, changeable, doubtful," adjective derived from ambigere "to dispute about," literally "to wander," from ambi- "about" (see ambi-) + agere "drive, lead, act" (see act). Sir Thomas More (1528) seems to have first used it in English, but ambiguity dates back to c.1400. Related: Ambiguously; ambiguousness.
- noun vagueness
- I have tried to render approximately the ambiguousness of the original.
- Extract from : « The Gtakaml » by rya Sra
- Let the ambiguous procession of events reveal their own ambiguousness.
- Extract from : « Pierre; or The Ambiguities » by Herman Melville
- A nameless ecstacy thrilled through my frame when any new proof occurred that the ambiguousness of my behaviour was the cause.
- Extract from : « Wieland; or The Transformation » by Charles Brockden Brown
- Of course he would see to it that not a shadow of ambiguousness was allowed to rest on such a name.
- Extract from : « Christopher and Columbus » by Countess Elizabeth Von Arnim
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