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Ambage

//ˈæmbɪd͡ʒ// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Evasive or ambiguous language; circumlocution. countable, in-plural, literary, often, uncountable

    "Puttenham, Art of Poesie without any long studie or tedious ambage"

  2. 2
    a style that involves indirect ways of expressing things wordnet
  3. 3
    An indirect or obscure path. countable, in-plural, literary, often, uncountable

Etymology

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

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