AMBAGE

circumlocution, periphrasis, ambage

(noun) a style that involves indirect ways of expressing things

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Noun

ambage (plural ambages)

(especially in plural) ambiguity; circumlocution

Source: Wiktionary



RESET




Word of the Day

17 June 2025

RECREANT

(adjective) having deserted a cause or principle; “some provinces had proved recreant”; “renegade supporters of the usurper”


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Coffee Trivia

You can overdose on coffee if you drink about 30 cups in a brief period to get close to a lethal dosage of caffeine.

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