adj
Meaning 1
indirect or roundabout
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: humorous, often
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
circumbendibus
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Pronunciation
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/sɝkm̩ˈbɛndɪbəs/
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noun
Meaning 2
A roundabout route or process
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: humorous, often
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noun
Meaning 3
A roundabout, indirect, or confusing manner of speech or writing
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: humorous, often
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Synonyms: none provided
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History
Etymology
* From Latin circum (“round about”) (compare English circum-) + English bend + Latin -ibus
Across languages
Translations
13 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Finnish: ketunlenkki — roundabout route or process
- Finnish: kiertotie — roundabout route or process
- German: Umweg — roundabout route or process
- Spanish: rodeo — roundabout route or process
- Finnish: kiertoilmaus — a roundabout or confusing manner
- French: circonlocution — a roundabout or confusing manner
- French: galimatias — a roundabout or confusing manner
- French: cultismegongorisme — a roundabout or confusing manner
- French: préciosité — a roundabout or confusing manner
- German: Umschweif — a roundabout or confusing manner
- Italian: circonlocuzione — a roundabout or confusing manner
- Spanish: rodeo — a roundabout or confusing manner
- Spanish: circunloquio — a roundabout or confusing manner