Found 2 items, similar to Ambages.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: ambages ambages n : (archaic) roundabout or mysterious ways of action
English → English (gcide) Definition: Ambages 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]