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ambage

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am·bage   (ām'bĭj)   
n.   Archaic

  1. Ambiguity. Often used in the plural.

  2. ambages Winding ways or indirect proceedings.


[Back-formation from Middle English ambages, equivocation, from Latin ambāges : amb-, ambi-, around; see ambi- + agere, to drive; see ag- in Indo-European roots.]
am·ba'gious (ām-bā'jəs) adj.
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ambage

noun
a style that involves indirect ways of expressing things [syn: circumlocution] 
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