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   Am·big·u·ous

   /amˈbiɡyəwəs/

   

   adjective

   • 1. (of language) open to more than one interpretation; having a double meaning: "ambiguous phrases"
   • ▪ unclear or inexact because a choice between alternatives has not been made: "the election result was ambiguous"

   Word Origin early 16th century (in the sense ‘indistinct, obscure’): from Latin ambiguus ‘doubtful’ (from ambigere ‘waver, go around’, from ambi- ‘both ways’ + agere ‘to drive’) + -ous.

   Derivatives

   • 1. ambiguousness noun

   Scrabble Points: 14

   • A

     1

   • M

     3

   • B

     3

   • I

     1

   • G

     2

   • U

     1

   • O

     1

   • U

     1

   • S

     1

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