Ambiguity

Name: American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 1 - Ambiguity
Author: Noah Webster

AMBIGU’ITY, n. [L. ambiguitas, from ambigo.]

Doubtfulness or uncertainty of signification, from a word’s being susceptible of different meanings; double meaning.

Words should be used which admit of no ambiguity.

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Chicago: Noah Webster Jr., "Ambiguity," American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 1 in An American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 1 (New York: S. Converse, 1828), Original Sources, accessed July 15, 2025, http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=5B1FU1R99RZ1XMM.

MLA: Webster, Noah, Jr. "Ambiguity." American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 1, in An American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 1, New York, S. Converse, 1828, Original Sources. 15 Jul. 2025. http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=5B1FU1R99RZ1XMM.

Harvard: Webster, N, 'Ambiguity' in American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 1. cited in 1828, An American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 1, S. Converse, New York. Original Sources, retrieved 15 July 2025, from http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=5B1FU1R99RZ1XMM.