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† circumˌbilivagiˈnation Obs. [So in 16–17th c. Fr.: app. a fanciful creation of Rabelais.] Going round, circumambulation. So circumbilivaginate v. [f. F. circumbilivagin-er], to speak in a roundabout way, use circumlocution.
1611Cotgr., Circombilivagination, a circumbiliuigation [1632 -uagation,] circular motion; going round, wheeling about. 1656in Blount Glossogr. a1693Urquhart Rabelais iii. xxii, Gyronomick Circumbilvaginations. Ibid. iii. xxx, That is spoke gallantly, without circumbilivaginating about and about. |