English
Etymology
Old French ambages (French ambages), from Latin ambages, from ambi- + agere �to drive�.

Pronunciation
IPA: /'æmbɪʤɪz/

Noun
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1. indirect or roundabout ways of talking; circumlocution
2. indirect or roundabout routes or directions

#:*1993: Paris put fear into him, a city of monstrous size to which London was but a market town. Its ambages of streets bewildered. (Burgess, A Dead Man In Deptford)

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