| Back | ambage /AM-bij/ |
|---|---|
| Front | noun Ambiguity; circumlocution. [From Middle English ambages (equivocation), taken as a plural and the singular ambage coined from it. From Latin ambages, from ambi- (both, around) + agere (to drive). Ultimately from the Indo-European root ag- (to drive, draw, or move), which also gave us act, agent, agitate, litigate, synagogue, ambassador, agonistes, axiomatic, cogent, incogitant, exigent, exiguous, intransigent. Earliest documented use: 1374.] "This increase in ambage measures increased arbitrariness." - Harrison C. White; Identity and Control; Princeton University Press; 2008. |
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