| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Noun | 1. (archaic) roundabout or mysterious ways of action.[Wordnet]. | |
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Date "AMBAGES" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1388. (references) |
| Etymology:Ambages \Am*ba"ges\, plural noun. [Latin expression (usually in plural); prefix ambi-, amb- agere to drive: compare to the French expression ambage.]. (references) |
Specialty Definition: AMBAGES
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Noah Webster | [Noun] A circumlocution; a circuit of words to express ideas which may be expressed in fewer words.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. | ||
| Wiktionary | 1: [Noun] indirect or roundabout routes or directions 1993: Paris put fear into him, a city of monstrous size to which London was but a market town. Its ambages of streets bewildered. (Burgess, A Dead Man In Deptford). (references) | 2: [Noun] indirect or roundabout ways of talking; circumlocution. (references) | |
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