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 ambagious ambagious /æmˈbeɪdʒəs/

adjective

  1. [Archaic] Roundabout and unnecessarily wordy  ( ambagious [Archaic] , circumlocutious , circumlocutory , periphrastic )
    roundabout and unnecessarily wordy
     Had a preference for circumlocutious (or circumlocutory) rather than forthright expression
    had a preference for circumlocutious (or circumlocutory) rather than forthright expression
     A periphrastic study in a worn-out poetical fashion,/ Leaving one still with the intolerable wrestle/ With words and meanings.
    A periphrastic study in a worn-out poetical fashion,/ Leaving one still with the intolerable wrestle/ With words and meanings.