Ambagious

am·bage  (mbj)

n. Archaic

1. Ambiguity. Often used in the plural.

2. ambages Winding ways or indirect proceedings.

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

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am·bagious (m-bjs) adj.

Thesaurus

Adj.

1.

ambagious - roundabout and unnecessarily wordy; "had a preference for circumlocutious (or circumlocutory) rather than forthright expression"; "A periphrastic study in a worn-out poetical fashion,/ Leaving one still with the intolerable wrestle/ With words and meanings."-T.S.Eliot; (`ambagious' is archaic) circumlocutious, circumlocutory, periphrastic indirect - extended senses; not direct in manner or language or behavior or action; "making indirect but legitimate inquiries"; "an indirect insult"; "doubtless they had some indirect purpose in mind"; "though his methods are indirect they are not dishonest"; "known as a shady indirect fellow"