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am⋅ba⋅gious

  [am-bey-juhs]
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–adjective
roundabout; circuitous: ambagious reasoning.
Origin:
1650–60; < L ambāgiōsus, equiv. to ambāgi- (s. of ambāgēs ambages ) + -ōsus -ous

Related forms:
am⋅ba⋅gious⋅ly, adverb
am⋅ba⋅gious⋅ness, noun
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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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