ambage

(ăm'bĭj)
n. Archaic

1. Ambiguity. Often used in the plural.
2. ambages Winding ways or indirect proceedings.

[Back-formation from Middle English ambages, equivocation, from Latin ambāges : amb-, ambi-, around; see ambi- + agere, to drive.]

ambagious am·ba'gious (ăm-bā'jəs) adj.

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archaic  1) roundabout, circuitous 2) periphrastic 3) devious

For a list of words related to ambages, see:

• Rhetoric and Figures of Speech - ambages: roundabout form of speaking the truth in misleading manner

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