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Ambage Am Bij Noun Ambiguity Circumlocution Middle English Equivocation

This flashcard teaches the word 'ambage', defined as ambiguity or circumlocution, providing its etymology and an example sentence.

Esta tarjeta de memoria enseña la palabra 'ambage', definida como ambigüedad o circunloquio, y proporciona su etimología y un ejemplo de uso.

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ambage /AM-bij/
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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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