| ambages | (แอมเบ' เจซ) n. ทางวกวน, การพูดจาอ้อมค้อม (roundabout ways) |
| ambages | (n) (archaic) roundabout or mysterious ways of action |
| circumlocution | (n) a style that involves indirect ways of expressing things, Syn. periphrasis, ambage |
| Ambages | ‖n. pl. [ L. (usually in pl.); pref. ambi-, amb- + agere to drive: cf. F. ambage. ] A circuit; a winding. Hence: Circuitous way or proceeding; quibble; circumlocution; indirect mode of speech. [ 1913 Webster ] After many ambages, perspicuously define what this melancholy is. Burton. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Circumambage | n. [ Pref. circum- + ambage, obs. sing. of ambages. ] A roundabout or indirect course; indirectness. [ Obs. ] S. Richardson. [ 1913 Webster ] |