AMBAGES

ambages

(noun) (archaic) roundabout or mysterious ways of action

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Noun

ambages pl (plural only)

(archaic) Indirect or roundabout ways of talking; circumlocution.

(archaic) Indirect or roundabout routes or directions.

Source: Wiktionary

Am*ba"ges, n. pl. Etym: [L. (usually in pl.); pref. ambi-, amb- + agere to drive: cf. F. ambage.]

Definition: A circuit; a winding. Hence: Circuitous way or proceeding; quibble; circumlocution; indirect mode of speech. After many ambages, perspicuously define what this melancholy is. Burton.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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