"circumambages" meaning in All languages combined

See circumambages on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Etymology: circum- + ambages Etymology templates: {{af|en|circum-|ambages}} circum- + ambages Head templates: {{en-noun|p}} circumambages pl (plural only)
  1. Instances of indirectness or deviousness in speaking or writing: circumlocutions. Tags: plural, plural-only Derived forms: circumambagious

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