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ambagious

adjective

Roundabout and unnecessarily wordy

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Word length
9
Starts with
A
Ends with
S
Contains
MB
Scrabble score
14

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Pronunciation

æmˈbeɪdʒəs

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adjective

  1. Roundabout and unnecessarily wordy

    “Had a preference for circumlocutious (or circumlocutory) rather than forthright expression”

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Had a preference for circumlocutious (or circumlocutory) rather than forthright expression
{'source': 'T.S.Eliot', 'text': 'A periphrastic study in a worn-out poetical fashion, / Leaving one still with the intolerable wrestle / With words and meanings.'}

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