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am·bage

 (ăm′bĭj)
n.Archaic
1. oftenambages Ambiguity.
2.ambages Winding ways or indirect proceedings.

[Back-formation from Middle Englishambages,equivocation, from Latinambāges :amb-, ambi-,around; see ambi- +agere,to drive; seeag- inIndo-European roots.]

am·ba′gious(ăm-bā′jəs) adj.
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ambage

(ˈæmbɪdʒ)
n
ambiguity
Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014
ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.ambage - a style that involves indirect ways of expressing thingsambage - a style that involves indirect ways of expressing things
verboseness,verbosity - an expressive style that uses excessive or empty words
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