ambagiousnessn.

Brit.

/amˈbeɪdʒəsnəs/, U.S.

/æmˈbeɪdʒəsnəs/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: ambagious adj., -ness suffix.

Etymology: < ambagious adj. + -ness suffix. Compare earlier ambagiosity n.

rare.

The quality or fact of being circumlocutory; (verbose) indirectness or obscurity of language.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > change of direction of movement > [noun] > indirectness of course

indirectness1628

anfractuousness1727

ambagiousness1867

circuitousness1884

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > hiding, concealing from view > keeping from knowledge > indirect action or process > [noun]

circumquaque1546

circumduction1602

circumambulation1606

circuitya1626

indirectness1628

side wind1648

circumbendibus1681

ambagiosity1819

circumambulating1837

ambagiousness1867

circuitousness1869

1867 C. J. Smith Synonyms & Antonyms 28/2 Anfractuosity,..Syn. Ambagiousness... Tortuousness... Circumlocution.

1893 Sat. Rev. 11 Feb. 150/1 The Lord Chancellor made a speech of wonderful ‘ambagiousness’, from which it was gathered that he and his colleagues will obey the law—if they cannot find any further means of evading it.

2015 T. Pocock Mem. Millennium (e-book ed.) Stating with fine diplomatic ambagiousness that they would ‘reserve their rights, maintaining the attitude of vigilance as to the further development of the situation’.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2019; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	ambagiousness
释义	ambagiousnessn. Brit. /amˈbeɪdʒəsnəs/, U.S. /æmˈbeɪdʒəsnəs/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: ambagious adj., -ness suffix. Etymology: < ambagious adj. + -ness suffix. Compare earlier ambagiosity n. rare. The quality or fact of being circumlocutory; (verbose) indirectness or obscurity of language. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > change of direction of movement > [noun] > indirectness of course indirectness1628 anfractuousness1727 ambagiousness1867 circuitousness1884 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > hiding, concealing from view > keeping from knowledge > indirect action or process > [noun] circumquaque1546 circumduction1602 circumambulation1606 circuitya1626 indirectness1628 side wind1648 circumbendibus1681 ambagiosity1819 circumambulating1837 ambagiousness1867 circuitousness1869 1867 C. J. Smith Synonyms & Antonyms 28/2 Anfractuosity,..Syn. Ambagiousness... Tortuousness... Circumlocution. 1893 Sat. Rev. 11 Feb. 150/1 The Lord Chancellor made a speech of wonderful ‘ambagiousness’, from which it was gathered that he and his colleagues will obey the law—if they cannot find any further means of evading it. 2015 T. Pocock Mem. Millennium (e-book ed.) Stating with fine diplomatic ambagiousness that they would ‘reserve their rights, maintaining the attitude of vigilance as to the further development of the situation’. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2019; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1867
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