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单词 ambagious
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ambagious

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am·bage

A0241300 (ăm′bĭj)n. Archaic 1. often ambages Ambiguity.2. ambages Winding ways or indirect proceedings.
[Back-formation from Middle English ambages, equivocation, from Latin ambāges : amb-, ambi-, around; see ambi- + agere, to drive; see ag- in Indo-European roots.]
am·ba′gious (ăm-bā′jəs) adj.

ambagious

(æmˈbeɪdʒəs) adjambiguous
Thesaurus
Adj.1.ambagious - roundabout and unnecessarily wordyambagious - roundabout and unnecessarily wordy; "had a preference for circumlocutious (or circumlocutory) rather than forthright expression"; "A periphrastic study in a worn-out poetical fashion,/ Leaving one still with the intolerable wrestle/ With words and meanings."-T.S.Eliot; (`ambagious' is archaic)circumlocutious, circumlocutory, periphrasticindirect - extended senses; not direct in manner or language or behavior or action; "making indirect but legitimate inquiries"; "an indirect insult"; "doubtless they had some indirect purpose in mind"; "though his methods are indirect they are not dishonest"; "known as a shady indirect fellow"

ambagious

enUK
  • adj

Synonyms for ambagious

adj roundabout and unnecessarily wordy

Synonyms

  • circumlocutious
  • circumlocutory
  • periphrastic

Related Words

  • indirect
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