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单词 ambages
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ambages

[ am-bey-jeez ]
/ æmˈbeɪ dʒiz /

noun Archaic.(used with a plural verb)

winding, roundabout paths or ways.

Origin of ambages

1350–1400; Middle English <Latin ambāgēs (plural) circuits, equivalent to amb(i)- ambi- + -āg- (combining form of agere to move) + -ēs plural ending; cf. indagate

Words nearby ambages

amazonite, Amazon parrot, Amazon River, Amazons, Amb., ambages, ambageusia, ambagious, Ambala, ambarella, Ambartsumian
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Example sentences from the Web for ambages

  • Longa est injuria, long / Ambages—Long is the story of her wrongs, tedious the details.

    Dictionary of Quotations from Ancient and Modern, English and Foreign Sources|James Wood
  • Charles ran through all the ambages of intrigue, like a subject who endeavours to make a minister suspected by his master.

    The History of Peter the Great, Emperor of Russia|Voltaire
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