† ambagicaladj.

Forms: 1600s ambagicall, 1900s ambagical.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: ambage n., -ical suffix.

Etymology: < ambage n. + -ical suffix. Compare earlier ambagious adj.

Obsolete. rare (literary in later use).

Of language or writing: indirect, circumlocutory; obscure. Cf. ambagious adj. 1.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > copiousness > [adjective] > periphrastic or circumlocutory

ambagious?1532

periphrasticala1638

circumlatory1639

ambagical1652

ambitious1656

circumlocutory1659

roundabout1704

periphrastic1776

ambagitory1814

circumambagious1834

ambaginous1838

circumambulatory1842

circumlocutionary1863

circumlocutional1865

1652 J. Gaule Πυς-μαντια 142 To trouble his own answer, and confound his own sentence,..through an ambagicall circumlocution of words and termes.

1921 Public Opinion 30 Dec. 653/2 Nothing could be..more sententious and ambagical than the first chapter of ‘The Newcomes’.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2019; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	ambagical
释义	† ambagicaladj. Forms: 1600s ambagicall, 1900s ambagical. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: ambage n., -ical suffix. Etymology: < ambage n. + -ical suffix. Compare earlier ambagious adj. Obsolete. rare (literary in later use). Of language or writing: indirect, circumlocutory; obscure. Cf. ambagious adj. 1. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > copiousness > [adjective] > periphrastic or circumlocutory ambagious?1532 periphrasticala1638 circumlatory1639 ambagical1652 ambitious1656 circumlocutory1659 roundabout1704 periphrastic1776 ambagitory1814 circumambagious1834 ambaginous1838 circumambulatory1842 circumlocutionary1863 circumlocutional1865 1652 J. Gaule Πυς-μαντια 142 To trouble his own answer, and confound his own sentence,..through an ambagicall circumlocution of words and termes. 1921 Public Opinion 30 Dec. 653/2 Nothing could be..more sententious and ambagical than the first chapter of ‘The Newcomes’. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2019; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < adj.1652
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