ambigu noun2 •A French card game, somewhat like poker, but of earlier origin and involving different scoring of hands, played with a 40 card deck (four suits of Ace through 10).Others include the French games of ambigu, bouillotte, and brelan, the English games of brag and post-and-pair, and the Italian game of primiera. — 2010 •(old-fashioned) An entertainment at which a medley of dishes is set on at the same time; a buffet.When straiten'd in your time, and servants few, You'd richly then compose an ambigu; Where first and second course, and your desert, All in one single table have their part. — 1708 formsambigus
