Characterized by roundabout or indirect speech; full of unnecessary words and complications.
From Latin 'ambagiosus,' formed from 'ambages' (going around) plus the suffix '-ous' (full of). The word describes anything that wanders or circles around like the root word suggests.
Ancient Roman critics used 'ambagious' to describe overly complicated prophetic writings and speeches—it's basically the ancient world's way of saying 'just get to the point already,' which shows that people have always been annoyed by beating around the bush.
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