ambages

English - Turkish

Definition of ambages in English Turkish dictionary: {i} dolaylı davranış; {i} dolambaçlı yol

English - English

Definition of ambages in English English dictionary: Indirect or roundabout ways of talking; circumlocution
Having thus briefly anatomized the body and soul of man, I may now freely proceed to treat of my intended subject , to most men's capacity; and after many ambages, perspicuously define what this melancholy is .; Indirect or roundabout routes or directions
Paris put fear into him, a city of monstrous size to which London was but a market town. Its ambages of streets bewildered.; {n} a circumlocution, tediousness, round; (archaic) roundabout or mysterious ways of action; {i} ambiguousness, affairs that are conducted in a round about manner (Archaic); A circuit; a winding; Hence: Circuitous way or proceeding; quibble; circumlocution; indirect mode of speech