Definition of AMBAGE

ambage

Meanings

Plural: ambages

Noun

  • a style that involves indirect ways of expressing things
  • Evasive or ambiguous language; circumlocution.
  • An indirect or obscure path.

Origin / Etymology

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

Scrabble Score: 11

ambage is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
ambage is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
ambage is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 14

ambage is a valid Words With Friends word