circumlocutious, circumlocutory, periphrastic, ambagious
(adjective) roundabout and unnecessarily wordy; âhad a preference for circumlocutious (or circumlocutory) rather than forthright expressionâ; âA periphrastic study in a worn-out poetical fashion,/ Leaving one still with the intolerable wrestle/ With words and meanings.â-T.S.Eliot; (âambagiousâ is archaic)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
ambagious (comparative more ambagious, superlative most ambagious)
Roundabout; vague.
Indefinite.
Source: Wiktionary
Am*ba"gious, a. Etym: [L. ambagiosus.]
Definition: Circumlocutory; circuitous. [R.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
29 April 2025
(noun) a drop in stock market activity or stock prices following a period of increases; âmarket runups are invariably followed by a correctionâ
The word âcoffeeâ entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch âkoffie,â borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish âkahve,â borrowed in turn from the Arabic âqahwah.â The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
