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.