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Ambages

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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.ambages - (archaic) roundabout or mysterious ways of action
path, way of life, way - a course of conduct; "the path of virtue"; "we went our separate ways"; "our paths in life led us apart"; "genius usually follows a revolutionary path"
plural, plural form - the form of a word that is used to denote more than one
archaicism, archaism - the use of an archaic expression
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It is worth noting that Apuleius's word ambages was the Latin word most often used for the windings and blind alleys of labyrinths.
Labyrinth dances in the French and English Renaissance by Greene, Thomas M. / Renaissance Quarterly
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