Ambiguous
Pronunciation : Am*big"u*ous
Part of Speech : a.
Etymology : [L. ambiguus, fr. ambigere to wander about, waver; amb- + agere to drive.]
Definition : Defn: Doubtful or uncertain, particularly in respect to signification; capable of being understood in either of two or more possible senses; equivocal; as, an ambiguous course; an ambiguous expression. What have been thy answers What but dark, Ambiguous, and with double sense deluding Milton.
Syn. -- Doubtful; dubious; uncertain; unsettled; indistinct; indeterminate; indefinite. See Equivocal.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
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