Winding ways, indirect proceedings; dark or obscure language; ambiguities.
CHAUCER Troylus v. 897 (c.1374) If Calkas lede us with ambages, That is to seyn, with dowble wordes slye.
WHITTINTON Vulgaria (1527) 2 Tendre wyttes with suche derke ambage be made dull.
SCOTT Wav. xxiv (1814) Partaking of what scholars call the periphrastic and ambagitory, and the vulgar the circumbendibus.
Bronze Tongue, Tuned Lip, Decorative Belts on the Skirt
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About Me
Much Ado About Nothing
Don Pedro
Your silence most offends me, and to be merry best becomes you; for, out of question, you were born in a merry hour.
Beatrice
No, sure, my lord, my mother cried; but then there was a star danced, and under that was I born.
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