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ambagious

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[am-bey-juhs] / æmˈbeɪ dʒəs /

adjective

  1. roundabout; circuitous.

    ambagious reasoning.

Other Word Forms

  • ambagiously adverb
  • ambagiousness noun

Etymology

Origin of ambagious

1650–60; < Latin ambāgiōsus, equivalent to ambāgi- (stem of ambāgēs ambages ) + -ōsus -ous

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