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: Authors like Geoffrey Chaucer and Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch have used it to describe winding plans or tedious, wordy speech.

: Evasive and ambiguous behavior or proceedings intended to avoid a direct point. Usage and Examples ambages

: Documented in the writings of Geoffrey Chaucer before 1413. Quick Pronunciation Guide Ambages : am- BEY -jeez or AM -bi-juhz. Ambage : AM -bij. : Authors like Geoffrey Chaucer and Arthur Thomas

: A common phrase meaning to speak or act bluntly and directly. Example : "She spoke without ambages about her intentions". ambages

: Combines the prefix amb- ("around" or "about") with -āg- , from agere ("to drive" or "to move").