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Definition of Ambagious
1. Adjective. Roundabout and unnecessarily wordy. "A periphrastic study in a worn-out poetical fashion,/ Leaving one still with the intolerable wrestle/ With words and meanings."
Similar to: Indirect
Derivative terms: Ambage, Circumlocution, Circumlocution, Periphrasis
Definition of Ambagious
1. a. Circumlocutory; circuitous.
Definition of Ambagious
1. Adjective. Roundabout; vague. ¹
2. Adjective. Indefinite. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Ambagious
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ambagious
Literary usage of Ambagious
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Thesaurus of English words and phrases by Peter Mark Roget (1883)
"... prosing, maundering; circumlocutory, periphrastic, ambagious, roundabout ;
digressive ; dis-, ex-cursive ; rambling, episodic ; flatulent, frothy. ..."
2. A Dictionary of the English Language by Samuel Johnson, John Walker, Robert S. Jameson (1828)
"... a circumlocutory form of speech. AMA/OMAN, (^ra-a-zo'-ne-an) a. Warlike ;
relating to the Amazons. ambagious, (am-ba'-je-us) a. Circumlocutory. ..."
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