† ambaginousadj.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin ambāgin- , ambāgō , -ous suffix.

Etymology: < classical Latin ambāgin-, ambāgō confusion, uncertainty, obscurity (alteration, with suffix substitution, of ambāgēs ambage n.) + -ous suffix. Compare earlier ambagical adj., ambagious adj., ambagitory adj.Compare Middle French ambagineux (1529).

literary. Obsolete.

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

1838 Christian Observer Pref. p. iv The doctrine of justification by works, now set forth chiefly in a stealthy and ambaginous manner.

1919 G. Saintsbury Hist. French Novel II. xii. 451 Nothing could better throw up his clear, vigorous, classical French and trenchant logic, than the verbose and ambaginous preciousness..of Cladel.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2019).

单词	ambaginous
释义	† ambaginousadj. Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin ambāgin- , ambāgō , -ous suffix. Etymology: < classical Latin ambāgin-, ambāgō confusion, uncertainty, obscurity (alteration, with suffix substitution, of ambāgēs ambage n.) + -ous suffix. Compare earlier ambagical adj., ambagious adj., ambagitory adj.Compare Middle French ambagineux (1529). literary. Obsolete. 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 1838 Christian Observer Pref. p. iv The doctrine of justification by works, now set forth chiefly in a stealthy and ambaginous manner. 1919 G. Saintsbury Hist. French Novel II. xii. 451 Nothing could better throw up his clear, vigorous, classical French and trenchant logic, than the verbose and ambaginous preciousness..of Cladel. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2019). < adj.1838
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