ambages

American  

[am-bay-jeez] / æmˈbeɪ dʒiz /

noun

Archaic.

1. winding, roundabout paths or ways.

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Etymology

Origin of ambages

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

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ambages

But 'art is a second nature, and imitateth that dextrously and compendiously, which nature performs by ambages and length of time.'

From The Philosophy of the Plays of Shakspere Unfolded by Delia Bacon

Longa est injuria, longæ ambages; but the story rests on the evidence of independent witnesses.

From The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 4 by Ernest Hartley Coleridge

I be permitted to inform your correspondent that Mr. May was certainly correct when using the word "ambages" as an English word in his translation of Lucan.

From Notes and Queries, Number 201, September 3, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc by George Bell

Give me your hand, and answer me without ambages, or ambiguities.

From Dryden's Works Vol. 3 (of 18) Sir Martin Mar-All; The Tempest; An Evening's Love; Tyrannic Love by John Dryden

There should be ambages in such a matter.

From The Belton Estate by Anthony Trollope

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