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Definition of Ambage
1. Noun. A style that involves indirect ways of expressing things.
Generic synonyms: Verboseness, Verbosity
Derivative terms: Ambagious, Circumlocutious, Periphrastic
Definition of Ambage
1. Noun. (context: especially in plural) ambiguity; circumlocution ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Ambage
1. a winding path [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ambage
Literary usage of Ambage
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Contributions to Latin Lexicography by Henry Nettleship (1889)
"161 variorum ambage viarum; Quint. 3. n. 23 haec autem brevior . . . via . . .
neque ... 41 of the moon: multiformis haec ambage tor sit ingenia ..."
2. The slang dictionary: Etymological, Historical, and Anecdotal by John Camden Hotten (1874)
"Another derivation suggested is that of ambage, a Latin word adopted into the
English language temp. ... "Without any long Studie or tedious ambage. ..."
3. A Glossary: Or, Collection of Words, Phrases, Names, and Allusions to by Robert Nares (1859)
"ambage. Circumlocution. From the Latin ambages. ... any long Studie or tedious
ambage, make his frend sport, and anger his foe, and give a prettie tiip, ..."
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