Such words may include "eccentric", "queer", " confirmed/lifelong bachelor" or other words that can just as easily mean their conventional definitions without subtext, hence why it's ambiguous. In many old films, characters were often given descriptions that may be perceived as code words for "gay". This trope has taken slightly different forms throughout the past due to differences in censorship and what was permissible in the media. The ambiguity can range all the way from from blink-and-you'll-miss-it implications to all-but-confirmed. Yes, this character is Ambiguously Gay-they display much onscreen evidence of exclusive same-gender attraction, but nothing is ever explicitly confirmed one way or another.
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