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am·bage  (mbj)
n. Archaic
1. Ambiguity. Often used in the plural.
2. ambages Winding ways or indirect proceedings.
[Back-formation from Middle English ambages, equivocation, from Latin ambges : amb-, ambi-, around; see ambi- + agere, to drive; see ag- in Indo-European roots.]
am·bagious (m-bjs) adj.
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Noun1.ambage - a style that involves indirect ways of expressing thingsambage - 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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