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AMBAGES
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Dictionary entry overview: What does ambages mean?
• AMBAGES (noun)
The noun AMBAGES has 1 sense:
1. (archaic) roundabout or mysterious ways of action
Familiarity information: AMBAGES used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
(archaic) roundabout or mysterious ways of action
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("ambages" is a kind of...):
path; way; way of life (a course of conduct)
Domain usage:
plural; plural form (the form of a word that is used to denote more than one)
archaicism; archaism (the use of an archaic expression)
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