ambages
(noun) (archaic) roundabout or mysterious ways of action
Source: WordNet® 3.1
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
1 June 2025
(verb) come back to the originator of an action with an undesired effect; “Your comments may backfire and cause you a lot of trouble”; “the political movie backlashed on the Democrats”
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