amphibolic, a. rare.
(ˌæmfɪˈbɒlɪk)
[f. amphibole + -ic. Cf. symbolic.]
1. Of the nature of amphiboly; ambiguous, equivocal.
| 1873 Daily News 11 Aug., I turn from this amphibolic pleading to a more succinct opinion. 1876 tr. Wagner's Gen. Pathol. 621 A variably long period of irresolution with irregular fluctuations of temperature..the so-called amphibolic stage. |
2. Of, or of the nature of, the mineral amphibole.
| 1852 T. Ross Humboldt's Trav. II. xxiv. 512 The decomposition of some amphibolic or chloritic strata. 1865 Tylor Early Hist. Man. viii. 202 A greenish amphibolic stone. |