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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Ambiguous or doubtful language.

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  • noun obsolete Doubtful or ambiguous language.

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  • noun ambiguous language.

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  • Doubtful or ambiguous language.

    May 13, 2008

  • (noun) - (1) The use of ambiguous expressions. --Edward Lloyd's Encyclopaedic Dictionary, 1895 (2) The use of indeterminate expressions; discourse of doubtful meaning. --Samuel Johnson's Dictionary of the English Language, 1755 (3) Double-speaking. --Nathaniel Bailey's Etymological English Dictionary, 1749

    April 23, 2018