Pronounced: kah-CANE, noun
Notes: I’ve not run across this word before
Yesterday’s word
The word ambagious means “roundabout; circuitous”
First usage
Our word came into English in the mid-1600s
Background / Comments
Our word is a nice one to use in place of “roundabout” – it came from the Middle English word ambages (equivocation), which traces to the Latin word ambages, composed of ambi- (both; around) and agere (to drive).
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