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ambage

  • /ˈæmbɪd͡ʒ/

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Inherited from Middle English ambages, from French ambage as well as its etymon Latin ambāgēs (“a roundabout or circuitous path”).

noun ambages

  1. countable, in plural, literary, often, rhetoric, uncountable Evasive or ambiguous language; circumlocution. Puttenham, Art of Poesie without any long studie or tedious ambage
  2. countable, in plural, literary, often, rhetoric, uncountable An indirect or obscure path.

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@misc{ambage_2026,
  title = {ambage},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ambage},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}