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ambage

am·bage

UK/ˈæmbɪd͡ʒ/ uncommon literary

noun

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a style that involves indirect ways of expressing things

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Origin

Inherited from Middle English ambages, from French ambage as well as its etymon Latin ambāgēs (“a roundabout or circuitous path”).

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