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windabout, n. and a. nonce-wd.|ˈwaɪndəbaʊt| [f. wind v.1 + about adv.] †a. n. Suggested name for a circumflex accent. b. adj. That winds about, meandering.
1589Puttenham Engl. Poesie ii. vi. (Arb.) 92 We might very properly call him the (windabout) for so is the Greek word [περισπώµενον]. 1889Gretton Memory's Harkback 321 The erratic, windabout stream. |