Ambage
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noun.
Ambiguity.
noun.
Winding ways or indirect proceedings.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
noun.
A winding or roundabout way; hence
noun.
Circumlocution; equivocation; obscurity or ambiguity of speech.
noun.
Circuitous or devious ways; secret acts.
Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
noun.
ambiguity
;
circumlocution
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noun.
a style that involves indirect ways of expressing things
Word Usage
"[Sidenote: _Periphrasis_, or the Figure of ambage.]"
Hypernym
Words that are more generic or abstract
verboseness
verbosity