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prettygoodwordambit (AM-bit) - n., (arch.) an external boundary, a circuit; (mod.) sphere of operation, action, or expression, scope.
The first sense is the original literal sense, taken from Latin ambitus, circuit/circumference/perimeter, related to ambīre, to go around/encircle, essentially a verb form of the prefix ambi-, on both sides. The modern meaning, which is pretty much the only sense you're likely to encounter, is a metaphoric extension that has taken over.
---L.
The first sense is the original literal sense, taken from Latin ambitus, circuit/circumference/perimeter, related to ambīre, to go around/encircle, essentially a verb form of the prefix ambi-, on both sides. The modern meaning, which is pretty much the only sense you're likely to encounter, is a metaphoric extension that has taken over.
---L.
