ambages
Americannoun
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; indagate
Example Sentences
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After many ambages, perspicuously define what this melancholy is.
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He had not inquired, he had not dared to inquire how the law stood, but he knew that the law's uncertainties were proverbial and its ambages beyond telling.
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Give me your hand, and answer me without ambages, or ambiguities.
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Lay by these ambages; what seeks the Moor?
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May, in his translation of Lucan, uses the word ambages as an English word.
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