the ambiguous meaning of ambiguity

From http://academicearth.org/courses/the-unanswered-question-1973--leonard-bernsteins-masterful-lectures-on-music/

"ambi" has two meanings:

• "bothness", on both sides at once, implying duality, such as used in ambidextrous, ambivalence
• "aroundness", such as used in ambience, ambit, all referring to the general surround

VPRO - zomergasten - Maarten van 't Hart

"Vestdijk is geen kluizenaar, maar men kan zeggen dat de hoeveelheid werkelijkheid die hij tot zich toelaat, gerantsoenneerd is."
[ Avro - "Literaire Ontmoetingen", 1964 ]

Leonard Bernstein legt Hector Berlioz' "Symphonique Fantastique" fantastisch uit, citerend uit de notities van de "psychedelic" ("without using substances, his opium was his genius") composer.