Definition
Describing language or a person's way of speaking that uses many roundabout words instead of being direct and clear.
Etymology
From Latin 'ambages' (a going around) combined with the suffix '-itory' (tending to, characterized by). This rare adjective form was created to describe the tendency toward roundabout speech.
Kelly Says
Medieval lawyers and philosophers often spoke this way on purpose, filling their arguments with so many conditions and qualifications that you'd almost forget what they were arguing about—ambagitory speech was actually a sign of learning back then!
Translations
AMአማርኛ
ambiguous
am-bee-goo-oos
ARالعربية
مُبهم (mubham)
moo-ham
BNবাংলা
অস্পষ্ট (ospast)
os-paast
CACatalà
ambigü
am-bee-goo
CSČeština
nejasný
neh-jas-nyy
DADansk
ambiguity
am-bee-goo-i-tee
DEDeutsch
ambigü
am-bee-goo
ELΕλληνικά
ασαφής (asafēs)
ah-sa-fehs
ESEspañol
ambiguo
am-bee-GWA-roh
FAفارسی
نامشخص (namshakh)
na-m-shakh
FISuomi
epäselvä
e-pä-sel-vä
FRFrançais
ambigu
am-bee-goo
GUGU
અનિશ્ચિત (anishchit)
a-ni-shchit
HAHA
ambiguous
am-bee-goo-oos
HEעברית
לא ברור (lo barur)
loh ba-roor
HIहिन्दी
स्पष्ट नहीं (spshta nahin)
spshta nah-een
HUMagyar
egyértelmű
e-gy-en-yeu
IDBahasa Indonesia
ambigu
am-bee-goo
IGIG
ambiguous
am-bee-goo-oos
ITItaliano
ambiguo
am-bee-GWA-oh
KKKK
қосымша (qosym sha)
qo-sy-m-sha
KMKM
មិនបានច្បាស់ (min baen chbaps)
min baen chbaps
KO한국어
모호함 (모호함)
mo-ho-ham
MRMR
स्पष्ट नाही (spshta nahin)
spshta nah-een
MSBahasa Melayu
ambigu
am-bee-goo
MYမြန်မာ
သိရှိမရ (thei-shyi-ma-yar)
thei-shyi-ma-yar
NLNederlands
ambig
am-bee-g
NONorsk
ambiguity
am-bee-goo-i-tee
PAPA
ਅਸਪष्ट (aspaṣṭ)
as-paṣṭ
PLPolski
ambigu
am-bee-goo
PTPortuguês
ambiguo
am-bee-GWA-oh
RORomână
ambiguu
am-bee-goo
RUРусский
двусмысленный (dvusmyslennyy)
dvoo-smis-len-nyy
SVSvenska
ambigus
am-bee-goos
SWKiswahili
mwingi
mwin-gee
TAதமிழ்
குழப்பம் (kuzhappam)
koo-zha-pam
TEతెలుగు
తెలియని (teliyani)
te-li-ya-ni
THไทย
คลุมเครือ (klum kreua)
klum kreua
TRTürkçe
ikircikli
ik-ir-chih-li
UKУкраїнська
двоякий (dvoyaky)
dv-o-yak-y
URاردو
مُبهم (mubham)
moo-ham
YOYO
ambiguous
am-bee-goo-oos
ZH中文
模棱两可 (móléng liǎngkě)
mo-leng liang-keh
ZUZU
ambiguous
am-bee-goo-oos