Ambages
Pronunciation : Am*ba"ges
Part of Speech : n. pl.
Etymology : [L. (usually in pl.); pref. ambi-, amb- + agere to drive: cf. F. ambage.]
Definition : Defn: A circuit; a winding. Hence: Circuitous way or proceeding; quibble; circumlocution; indirect mode of speech. After many ambages, perspicuously define what this melancholy is. Burton.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913