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Большой англо-русский и русско-английский словарь > ambagious
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[æmʹbeıdʒəs] a книжн.1) окольный, обходный, кружный2) описательный, перифрастический -
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[æm'beɪdʒəs]Общая лексика: кружный, обходный, окольный, описательный, перифрастический -
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[æm`beɪʤəs]окольный, обходный; извилистыйиносказательный, описательныйАнгло-русский большой универсальный переводческий словарь > ambagious
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[æm'beɪʤəs]прил.; книжн.1) окольный, обходный; извилистыйSyn:2) иносказательный, описательныйSyn: -
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1. a книжн. окольный, обходный, кружный2. a книжн. описательный, перифрастический
См. также в других словарях:
Ambagious — Am*ba gious, a. [L. ambagiosus.] Circumlocutory; circuitous. [R.] [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
ambagious — index circuitous, devious, indirect, labyrinthine, sinuous Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
ambagious — (adj.) 1650s, from Fr. ambagieux, from L. ambagiosus, from ambages circuits, circumlocutions, from amb about (see AMBI (Cf. ambi )) + agere to drive (see ACT (Cf. act) (n.)) … Etymology dictionary
ambagious — ambagiously, adv. ambagiousness, n. /am bay jeuhs/, adj. roundabout; circuitous: ambagious reasoning. [1650 60; < L ambagiosus, equiv. to ambagi (s. of ambages AMBAGES) + osus OUS] * * * … Universalium
ambagious — adjective roundabout and unnecessarily wordy had a preference for circumlocutious (or circumlocutory) rather than forthright expression A periphrastic study in a worn out poetical fashion,/ Leaving one still with the intolerable wrestle/ With… … Useful english dictionary
ambagious — adjective /æmˈbeɪdʒəs/ a) Roundabout; vague. b) Indefinite … Wiktionary
ambagious — a. 1. Tortuous, sinuous, serpentine, winding, devious. 2. Tortuous, indirect, evasive, full of subterfuges. 3. Round about, circumlocutory, circuitous, diffuse, disjointed, dull, tedious … New dictionary of synonyms
ambagious — am·ba·gious … English syllables
circumlocutious — adjective roundabout and unnecessarily wordy had a preference for circumlocutious (or circumlocutory) rather than forthright expression A periphrastic study in a worn out poetical fashion,/ Leaving one still with the intolerable wrestle/ With… … Useful english dictionary
circumlocutory — adjective roundabout and unnecessarily wordy had a preference for circumlocutious (or circumlocutory) rather than forthright expression A periphrastic study in a worn out poetical fashion,/ Leaving one still with the intolerable wrestle/ With… … Useful english dictionary
Ambaginous — Am*bag i*nous, a. Ambagious. [R.] [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English