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circuitous, a.|səˈkjuːɪtəs|
[ad. late L. circuitōs-us abounding in roundabout courses, f. circuitus circuit n.: see -ous.]
Of the nature of a circuit, roundabout, indirect.
1664H. Moore Myst. Iniq. 109 Any medium direct or circuitous. 1790Paley Horæ Paul. i. 4 Coincidences..minute, circuitous, or oblique. 1796Morse Amer. Geog. I. 439 By this kind of circuitous commerce they subsisted and grew rich. 1800Colquhoun Comm. Thames xi. 303 This ancient Court of Record is too circuitous in its procedure. 1845Whately Logic in Encycl. Metr. 219/1 An artificial and circuitous way of speaking. 1868Queen Victoria Life Highl. 169 We had..to take a somewhat circuitous route in order to avoid some bogs.
†2. ? Circus-like. Obs. rare.
1807G. Chalmers Caledonia I. i. ii. 92 There are other circuitous erections of stone. |