Obs. [a. mod.Fr. in same sense: prop. adj. = AMBIGUOUS.] An entertainment at which the viands and dessert are served together; or at which a medley of dishes are set on.
1688. Lond. Gaz., mmccclxxi/3. They were all entertain’d to their Satisfaction, at a very splendid Ambigu.
a. 1695. Wood, Life (1848), 287. This ambigu or banquet cost the University £160.
1753. Chambers, Cycl. Supp., Ambigu denotes a kind of mixed entertainment, wherein both flesh and fruit are served together.
