Ambages
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈam.bɪ.d͡ʒɪz/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Ambages is a noun meaning (archaic) Indirect or roundabout ways of talking; circumlocution.
Meaning
(archaic) Indirect or roundabout ways of talking; circumlocution.
More Meanings
- (archaic) Indirect or roundabout routes or directions.
Example Sentences
Paris put fear into him, a city of monstrous size to which London was but a market town. Its ambages of streets bewildered.
Thus from her cell Cumæan Sibyl sings / Ambiguous ambages, the cloyster rings / With the shrill sound thereof, in most dark strains.
Having thus briefly anatomized the body and soul of man,[…]I may now freely proceed to treat of my intended subject, to most men's capacity; and after many ambages, perspicuously define what this melancholy is[…].
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include circumambages, circumlocution, indirection, circuiting, ambit, addressing.
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