circumambagesn.
rare.
Round-about methods, or modes of speech.
ΘΚΠ
society > morality > moral evil > lack of principle or integrity > [noun] > lack of straightforwardness or uprightness > instance(s) of
winding1621
circumambages1649
crookedness1869
wangle1915
the world > action or operation > ability > skill or skilfulness > cunning > [noun] > crafty dealing > devious ways or dealings
winding1621
circumambages1649
society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > copiousness > [noun] > periphrasis or circumlocution > a circumlocution
aboutspeecha1522
circumlocution1533
circumquaque1546
fetch-abouta1569
roundabout?c1570
periphrasis1579
compass1623
circumambages1649
circumbendibus1681
roundaboutedness1840
roundaboutility1863
amphilogism1866
1649 W. Charleton in tr. J. B. van Helmont Ternary of Paradoxes Prolegomena sig. c3v The Circumambages and complex Labyrinth of Discourse.
1753 S. Richardson Hist. Sir Charles Grandison III. xvii. 137 All the pretty circumambages customary on these occasions.
1754 S. Richardson Hist. Sir Charles Grandison (1812) iii
Derivatives
circumˈambaging adj. using methods to get round people.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > ability > skill or skilfulness > cunning > [adjective] > circumventing or overreaching
overreaching1579
advantageous1590
circumventing1603
outwitting1649
circumambaging1750
1750 S. Richardson Corr. (1804) IV. 341 This circumambaging sex.
circumamˈbagious adj. round-about in speech, etc.
ΘΚΠ
society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > copiousness > [adjective] > periphrastic or circumlocutory
ambagious?1532
periphrasticala1638
circumlatory1639
ambagical1652
ambitious1656
circumlocutory1659
roundabout1704
periphrastic1776
ambagitory1814
circumambagious1834
ambaginous1838
circumambulatory1842
circumlocutionary1863
circumlocutional1865
1834 R. Southey Doctor II. 73 Circumambagious in my manner of narration.
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