Ambage Definition

ămbĭj
ambages
noun
ambages
Ambiguity.
American Heritage
A winding pathway.
Webster's New World
Winding ways or indirect proceedings.
American Heritage
Roundabout, indirect ways of talking or doing things.
Webster's New World

(especially in plural) Ambiguity; circumlocution.

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Origin of Ambage

  • Back-formation from Middle English ambages equivocation from Latin ambāges amb-, ambi- around ambi– agere to drive ag- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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AAMAMB

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EGEAGE

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