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ambage

/ˈæmbɪd͡ʒ/

ambage noun: evasive or ambiguous language; circumlocution.

Noun

ambage (countable and uncountable, plural ambages)

  1. (in plural, literary, often, rhetoric) Evasive or ambiguous language; circumlocution.
    • Puttenham, Art of Poesie
      without any long studie or tedious ambage
    • Umh! y' are full of ambage.1607, Decker, Whore of Babylon
  2. (in plural, literary, often, rhetoric) An indirect or obscure path.

ambage meaning in Tamil and Bengali

ambage in Tamil

சுரிவழி, சுற்றுவழி

ambage in Bengali

এড়িয়ে যাওয়ার মতো, অস্পষ্ট ভাষা, বাক্যপল্লব, একটি পরোক্ষ, অস্পষ্ট পথ

Forms of ambage

pluralambages

Origin of ambage

Inherited from Middle English ambages, from French ambage as well as its etymon Latin ambāgēs (“a roundabout or circuitous path”).

Questions about ambage

What does ambage mean?
Ambage means evasive or ambiguous language; circumlocution.
What is ambage in Tamil?
Ambage in Tamil is சுரிவழி, சுற்றுவழி. See Ambage meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is ambage?
Ambage is a noun.
How do you pronounce ambage?
Ambage is pronounced /ˈæmbɪd͡ʒ/.
What is the plural of ambage?
The plural of ambage is ambages.

Words near ambage in the dictionary

  1. amaZulu
  2. amb
  3. amb.
  4. amba
  5. Ambae
  6. ambage
  7. ambages
  8. ambagiosity
  9. ambagious
  10. ambagiously
  11. ambagiousness

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Adapted from Wiktionary: ambage (page history and authors); ambage (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ambage (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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