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ambagious

/æmˈbeɪd͡ʒəs/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
am-ba-gious
IPA
/æmˈbeɪd͡ʒəs/
14
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Roundabout, circuitous, vague.

adj

Obscure, enigmatic.

Etymology

From Latin ambāgiōsus, from ambāgēs (“roundabout path”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: ambāgiōsus

Inflected Forms

more ambagious (comparative) most ambagious (superlative) ambaginous (alternative)

Derived Forms

ambagiously ambagiousness

Synonyms

circumlocutious circumlocutory periphrastic

Questions

How do you pronounce ambagious?
The recorded pronunciation is /æmˈbeɪd͡ʒəs/.
What does ambagious mean?
Roundabout, circuitous, vague.
Where does ambagious come from?
It is traced to Latin.

How to pronounce ambagious

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