ambagious

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/æmˈbeɪd͡ʒəs/

adjective

Roundabout, circuitous, vague.

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circumlocutiouscircumlocutoryperiphrasticindirect
OriginLatin ambāgiōsus →
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Meanings

adjectiveambagious (comparative more ambagious, superlative most ambagious)

comparative more ambagious · superlative most ambagious · alternative ambaginous

  1. Roundabout, circuitous, vague.
  2. Obscure, enigmatic.

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveroundabout and unnecessarily wordy

Similar
circumlocutiouscircumlocutoryperiphrasticindirect
Also see
circumlocutiouscircumlocutoryperiphrastic

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Latinambāgiōsus
  2. Englishambagious

From Latin ambāgiōsus, from ambāgēs (“roundabout path”).

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APA

ambagious. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ambagious

MLA

“ambagious.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ambagious. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ambagious,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ambagious.

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