ambageとは 意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• IPA: /ˈæmbɪd͡ʒ/

名詞

ambage (countable and uncountable, plural ambages)

1. (literary, often in the plural) Evasive or ambiguous language; circumlocution.
   • Puttenham, Art of Poesie

     without any long studie or tedious ambage

   • 1607, Decker, Whore of Babylon:

     Umh! y' are full of ambage.

2. (literary, often in the plural) An indirect or obscure path.

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