Ambages

[æm'beidʒi:z]

Definition

(noun.) (archaic) roundabout or mysterious ways of action.

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Definition

(n. pl.) A circuit; a winding. Hence: Circuitous way or proceeding; quibble; circumlocution; indirect mode of speech.

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Synonyms and Synonymous

n. pl. [1]. Windings, turnings.[2]. Circumlocution, periphrasis, verbosity, verbiage, wordiness, diffuseness, circuit of words.

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