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ambagious
ambagious
/æmˈbeɪdʒəs/
adjective
[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.
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