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Noun: ambages  am'bey-jeez
Usage: archaic
  1. Roundabout or mysterious ways of action
    "His explanation was full of ambages, leaving us more confused than before"
Noun: ambage
Usage: archaic
  1. A style that involves indirect ways of expressing things
    "His ambage made the simple message unnecessarily complex";
    - circumlocution, periphrasis

Type of: path, verboseness, verbosity, way, way of life

Encyclopedia: Ambages

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