What does ambages mean?
Definitions for ambages
æmˈbeɪ dʒizam·bages
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Princeton's WordNet
ambagesnoun
(archaic) roundabout or mysterious ways of action
Wiktionary
ambagesnoun
Indirect or roundabout ways of talking; circumlocution.
ambagesnoun
Indirect or roundabout routes or directions.
Etymology: From ambages (French ambages), from ambages, from ambi- + agere.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
AMBAGESnoun
A circuit of words; a circumlocutory form of speech; a multiplicity of words; an indirect manner of expression.
Etymology: Lat.
They gave those complex ideas names, that they might the more easily record and discourse of things they were daily conversant in, without long ambages and circumlocutions; and that the things, they were continually to give and receive information about, might be the easier and quicker understood. John Locke.
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ambages
Ambages refers to a roundabout or indirect way of speaking; a lengthy, circuitous manner of expression; verbose or complicated language often intended to be evasive or deceptive. Can also refer to complicated paths or routes. It originates from Latin, meaning "going around".
Webster Dictionary
Ambages
a circuit; a winding. Hence: Circuitous way or proceeding; quibble; circumlocution; indirect mode of speech
Etymology: [L. (usually in pl.); pref. ambi-, amb- + agere to drive: cf. F. ambage.]
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of ambages in Chaldean Numerology is: 1
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of ambages in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3
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