ambage

ambage

English

Noun

ambage (countable and uncountable, plural ambages)

1. (especially in plural) ambiguity; circumlocution
   • Puttenham, Art of Poesie

     without any long studie or tedious ambage

   • 1607, Decker, Whore of Babylon

     Umh! y' are full of ambage.

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French

Etymology

From Latin ambāgēs.

Pronunciation

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Noun

ambage m (plural ambages)

1. (especially in plural) ambage

Further reading

• “ambage”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Italian

Etymology

From Latin ambāgēs.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /amˈba.d͡ʒe/
• Rhymes: -adʒe
• Hyphenation: am‧bà‧ge

Noun

ambage f (plural ambagi)

1. (usually in the plural) ambage

Further reading

• ambage in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

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Latin

Noun

ambāge

1. ablative singular of ambāgēs