circumbendibus

circumbendibus
1. adjective /sɝkm̩ˈbɛndɨbəs/

“We’re all circumbendibus, / Wherever we may be, / We’re all circumbendibus, / On land or on sea. / Rich or poor or middling, / Wherever we are found, / We’re all circumbendibus, / We’re all going round.”

2. noun /sɝkm̩ˈbɛndɨbəs/
a) A roundabout route or process

If, as Coleridge says, “a knave is a fool with a circumbendibus,” then by instructing the knave you do but make the circumbendibus a wider one.

After he had moved into the house and repaired it Mrs. Mary L. Bacon remembers standing with him one day and looking over the winding flag stones leading up to his front door. “And what is this,” he said, “a circumbendibus?”


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  • Circumbendibus — Cir cum*bend i*bus, n. A roundabout or indirect way. [Jocular] Goldsmith. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • circumbendibus — /serr keuhm ben deuh beuhs/, n., pl. circumbendibuses. Informal. a roundabout way; circumlocution. [1675 85; CIRCUM + BEND1 + L ibus abl. pl. ending] * * * …   Universalium

  • circumbendibus — n. roundabout or indirect way …   English contemporary dictionary

  • circumbendibus — cir·cum·bend·i·bus …   English syllables

  • circumbendibus — ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷+ˈbendə̇bəs noun ( es) Etymology: Latin circum round about + English bend + Latin ibus, abl. plural ending more at circum : an indirect or roundabout course especially in writing or speaking : circumlocution …   Useful english dictionary

  • ambages — Synonyms and related words: anfractuosity, bypass, circuit, circuitousness, circumambages, circumbendibus, circumlocution, circumvolution, convolution, crinkle, crinkling, detour, deviation, deviousness, digression, excursion, flexuosity,… …   Moby Thesaurus

  • bypass — Synonyms and related words: Autobahn, US highway, alley, alleyway, ambages, arterial, arterial highway, arterial street, artery, autoroute, autostrada, avenue, avoid, back door, back road, back stairs, back street, back way, belt highway,… …   Moby Thesaurus

  • circuit — Synonyms and related words: O, air lane, alentours, ambages, ambience, ambit, amplifier circuit, annular muscle, annulus, arena, areola, arsis, association, astable circuit, aureole, back to back switching circuit, bailiwick, beat, booking,… …   Moby Thesaurus

  • circumlocution — Synonyms and related words: ambages, anfractuosity, circling, circuition, circuitousness, circuitry, circularity, circulation, circumambages, circumambience, circumambiency, circumambulation, circumbendibus, circumflexion, circummigration,… …   Moby Thesaurus

  • crinkle — Synonyms and related words: ambages, anfractuosity, bristle, circuitousness, circumambages, circumbendibus, circumlocution, circumvolution, cocker, cockle, contort, convolution, corkscrew, corrugate, corrugation, crankle, crease, crimp, crimple,… …   Moby Thesaurus

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