Definitions for ambages

ambages am·ba·ges

Spelling: [am-bey-jeez]
IPA: /æmˈbeɪ dʒiz/

Ambages is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 165 anagrams from letters in ambages (aabegms).

Definitions for ambages

noun

  1. winding, roundabout paths or ways.

Origin of ambages

1350-1400; Middle English Latin ambāgēs (plural) circuits, equivalent to amb(i)- ambi- + -āg- (combining form of agere to move) + -ēs plural ending; cf. Examples for ambages

Charles ran through all the ambages of intrigue, like a subject who endeavours to make a minister suspected by his master.

Longa est injuria, long / ambages—Long is the story of her wrongs, tedious the details.

Word Value for ambages
Scrable

12

Words with friends

15

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