Am-bĭg'ū-ous, a.

a. [Lat. ambiguus, from ambigere, to wander about with irresolute mind; from amb, q. v., and agere, to drive; Fr. ambigu.] Doubtful or uncertain, particularly in respect to signification; equivocal; as, an ambiguous course; an ambiguous expression.

What have been thy answers, what but dark, Ambiguous, and with double sense deluding. Milton.

Synonyms— Indeterminate; indefinite; doubtful; uncertain; unsettled; indistinct; equivocal.