ambages
n . 迂回的作法;拐弯抹角
迂回的作法;拐弯抹角
ambages n 1 : (
archaic )
roundabout or mysterious ways of action Ambages \
Am *
ba "
ges \,
n .
pl . [
L . (
usually in pl .);
pref .
ambi -,
amb -
agere to drive :
cf .
F .
ambage .]
A circuit ;
a winding .
Hence :
Circuitous way or proceeding ;
quibble ;
circumlocution ;
indirect mode of speech .
[
1913 Webster ]
After many ambages ,
perspicuously define what this melancholy is . --
Burton .
[
1913 Webster ]
45 Moby Thesaurus words for "
ambages ":
anfractuosity ,
bypass ,
circuit ,
circuitousness ,
circumambages ,
circumbendibus ,
circumlocution ,
circumvolution ,
convolution ,
crinkle ,
crinkling ,
detour ,
deviation ,
deviousness ,
digression ,
excursion ,
flexuosity ,
flexuousness ,
indirection ,
intorsion ,
involution ,
meander ,
meandering ,
obliqueness ,
periphrase ,
periphrasis ,
rivulation ,
roundabout ,
roundabout way ,
roundaboutness ,
sinuation ,
sinuosity ,
sinuousness ,
slinkiness ,
snakiness ,
torsion ,
tortility ,
tortuosity ,
tortuousness ,
turning ,
twisting ,
undulation ,
wave ,
waving ,
winding
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