(adj) roundabout and unnecessarily wordy; ; -T.S.Eliot; (`ambagious' is archaic), Syn. ambagious, periphrastic, circumlocutory, Example: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 words and meanings.
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English (GCIDE) v.0.53 Collaborative International Dictionary (GCIDE)
{ } a. [ Gr. &unr_;: cf. F. périphrastique. ] Expressing, or expressed, in more words than are necessary; characterized by periphrase; circumlocutory. [ 1913 Webster ]
Periphrastic conjugation (Gram.), a conjugation formed by the use of the simple verb with one or more auxiliaries. [ 1913 Webster ]