ambage

noun

am·bage ˈam-bij How to pronounce ambage (audio)

plural ambages am-ˈbā-(ˌ)jēz How to pronounce ambage (audio)

ˈam-bi-jəz How to pronounce ambage (audio)

archaic : ambiguity, circumlocution

—usually used in plural

ambages plural, archaic : indirect ways or proceedings

Word History

Etymology

Middle English ambages "intentional ambiguity," borrowed from Anglo-French & Latin; Anglo-French (usually in plural ambages) "circumlocution, avoidance," borrowed from Latin ambāgēs (plural; rare in the singular outside of the ablative ambāge) "roundabout path, circuitous movement, circumlocution," from amb- "around, about" + -āg-, noun derivative (with anomalous vowel lengthening) of agere "to drive (cattle), be in motion, do, perform" — more at ambient entry 1, agent

First Known Use

1532, in the meaning defined at sense 1

单词	ambage
释义	ambage noun am·bage ˈam-bij plural ambages am-ˈbā-(ˌ)jēz ˈam-bi-jəz 1 archaic : ambiguity, circumlocution —usually used in plural 2 ambages plural, archaic : indirect ways or proceedings Word History Etymology Middle English ambages "intentional ambiguity," borrowed from Anglo-French & Latin; Anglo-French (usually in plural ambages) "circumlocution, avoidance," borrowed from Latin ambāgēs (plural; rare in the singular outside of the ablative ambāge) "roundabout path, circuitous movement, circumlocution," from amb- "around, about" + -āg-, noun derivative (with anomalous vowel lengthening) of agere "to drive (cattle), be in motion, do, perform" — more at ambient entry 1, agent First Known Use 1532, in the meaning defined at sense 1
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