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ambages

/ˈam.bɪ.d͡ʒɪz/ UK

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From Middle English ambages, from Old French ambages (modern French ambages), from Latin ambāges, from ambi- + agere (“to drive”).

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archaic, plural, plural only Indirect or roundabout ways of talking; circumlocution. Thus from her cell Cumæan Sibyl sings / Ambiguous ambages, the cloyster rings / With the shrill sound thereof, in most dark strains.
archaic, plural, plural only Indirect or roundabout routes or directions. Paris put fear into him, a city of monstrous size to which London was but a market town. Its ambages of streets bewildered.

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@misc{ambages_2026,
  title = {ambages},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ambages},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}