Advertisement

Advertisement

View synonyms for

ambagious

[ am-bey-juhs ]

adjective

  1. roundabout; circuitous:

    ambagious reasoning.



Discover More

Other Word Forms

  • ·gdzܲ· adverb
  • ·gdzܲ·Ա noun
Discover More

Word History and Origins

Origin of ambagious1

1650–60; < Latin 岵ōܲ, equivalent to 岵- (stem of 岵ŧ ambages ) + -ōܲ -ous
Discover More

Example Sentences

Examples have not been reviewed.

And sodeinly turning my backe, as fast as I could runne, I conueighed my fearefull bodie by the helpe of my swift pacing feete, into the inward part of the darke places, penetrating through diuers crooked torments, ambagious passages and vnknowne waies.

From

Adj. diffuse, profuse; wordy, verbose, largiloquent†, copious, exuberant, pleonastic, lengthy; longsome†, long-winded, longspun†, long drawn out; spun out, protracted, prolix, prosing, maundering; circumlocutory, periphrastic, ambagious†, roundabout; digressive; discursive, excursive; loose; rambling episodic; flatulent, frothy.

From

Advertisement

Advertisement

Advertisement

Advertisement


ambagesAmbala