ambages

[am-bey-jeez]

am·ba·ges

[am-bey-jeez]
noun Archaic. (used with a plural verb)
winding, roundabout paths or ways.

Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English < Latin ambāgēs (plural) circuits, equivalent to amb(i)- ambi- + -āg- (combining form of agere to move) + -ēs plural ending; compare indagate
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Ambages is always a great word to know.
So is bezoar. Does it mean:
a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
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ambages

noun
(archaic) roundabout or mysterious ways of action 
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