ambage

am·bage

 (ăm′bĭj)

n. Archaic

1. often ambages Ambiguity.

2. ambages Winding ways or indirect proceedings.

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[Back-formation from Middle English ambages, equivocation, from Latin ambāges : amb-, ambi-, around; see ambi- + agere, to drive; see ag- in Indo-European roots.]

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am·ba′gious (ăm-bā′jəs) adj.

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ambage

(ˈæmbɪdʒ)

n

ambiguity

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ambage - a style that involves indirect ways of expressing things circumlocution, periphrasis verboseness, verbosity - an expressive style that uses excessive or empty words

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