ambage — ⇒AMBAGE(S), (AMBAGE, AMBAGES) subst. fém. (plur.). Usité le plus souvent au plur. Circonlocution, hésitation à s exprimer, marquant de l embarras et parfois de l habileté. De longues ambages (Ac. 1835 1878) : • 1. Notre jurisprudence, nos lois… … Encyclopédie Universelle
ambage — [am′bij] n. pl. ambages [am′bi jiz΄; am bā′jēz΄] 〚< ME ambages (taken as pl.), intentional ambiguity < MFr < L < amb , around + agere, to go〛 Archaic 1. a winding pathway usually used in pl. 2. [pl.] roundabout, indi … Universalium
ambage — [am′bij] n. pl. ambages [am′bi jiz΄; am bā′jēz΄] [< ME ambages (taken as pl.), intentional ambiguity < MFr < L < amb , around + agere, to go] Archaic 1. a winding pathway usually used in pl. 2. [pl.] roundabout, indirect ways of… … English World dictionary
Ambage — Recorded as Ambage, Amberg, Amsberg, Amberger and others, this ancient German surname is topographical in origin. It derives from the medieval phrase amme berg , or amme der berg meaning one who is of the mountain , a reference either to a… … Surnames reference
ambage — am·bà·ge s.f. LE 1. cammino tortuoso, meandro, anche fig.: errò ... per tutte le ambagi | dei secolari inganni (D Annunzio) Sinonimi: meandro, tortuosità. 2. fig., discorso volutamente oscuro e artificioso: apprenderesti ... tu l industria di… … Dizionario italiano
ambage — noun (plural ambages) Etymology: back formation from Middle English ambages, from Anglo French or Latin; Anglo French, from Latin, from ambi + agere to drive more at agent Date: 14th century 1. archaic ambiguity, circumlocution usually used in… … New Collegiate Dictionary
ambage — noun ambiguity; circumlocution … Wiktionary
ambage — {{hw}}{{ambage}}{{/hw}}s. f. 1 (lett.) Cammino, giro tortuoso. 2 spec. al pl. (lett., fig.) Discorso involuto, ambiguo | Parlare senza ambagi, chiaramente … Enciclopedia di italiano
ambage — pl.f. ambagi … Dizionario dei sinonimi e contrari
ambage — s. f. spec. al pl. (lett., fig.) discorso ambiguo, giro di parole, circonlocuzione, tortuosità CONTR. chiarezza … Sinonimi e Contrari. Terza edizione
