ambage

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Middle English ambages, from French ambage as well as its etymon Latin ambāgēs (“a roundabout or circuitous path”).[1][2]

Noun[edit]

ambage (countable and uncountable, plural ambages)

  1. (literary, often in the plural) Evasive or ambiguous language; circumlocution.
    • Puttenham, Art of Poesie
      without any long studie or tedious ambage
    • 1607, Decker, Whore of Babylon:
      Umh! y' are full of ambage.
  2. (literary, often in the plural) An indirect or obscure path.

References[edit]

  1. ^ “ambage”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
  2. ^ “ambage, n.”, in OED Online Paid subscription required⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.

French[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Learned borrowing from Latin ambāgēs.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ɑ̃.baʒ/
  • France (Lyon)(file)

Noun[edit]

ambage m (plural ambages)

  1. (chiefly in the plural) ambage
    sans ambages ― straight from the shoulder, bluntly

Further reading[edit]

Italian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin ambāgēs.

Pronunciation[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

ambage f (plural ambagi)

  1. (usually in the plural) ambage

Further reading[edit]

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

Latin[edit]

Noun[edit]

ambāge

  1. ablative singular of ambāgēs
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