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am·bage (am′bij)

noun pl. ambages -·ba·ges′ (-bi jiz′; am bā′jēz′)

  1. a winding pathway: usually used in pl.
  2. roundabout, indirect ways of talking or doing things

Etymology: < ME ambages (taken as pl.), intentional ambiguity < MFr < L < amb-, around + agere, to go

Related Forms:

  • ambagious am·ba′·gious (-bā′jəs) adjective

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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