circumquaquen.
Obsolete.
A circumlocution, ‘circumbendibus’.
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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > hiding, concealing from view > keeping from knowledge > indirect action or process > [noun]
circumquaque1546
circumduction1602
circumambulation1606
circuitya1626
indirectness1628
side wind1648
circumbendibus1681
ambagiosity1819
circumambulating1837
ambagiousness1867
circuitousness1869
society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > copiousness > [noun] > periphrasis or circumlocution > a circumlocution
aboutspeecha1522
circumlocution1533
circumquaque1546
fetch-abouta1569
roundabout?c1570
periphrasis1579
compass1623
circumambages1649
circumbendibus1681
roundaboutedness1840
roundaboutility1863
amphilogism1866
1546 J. Heywood Dialogue Prouerbes Eng. Tongue ii. vii. sig. K Ye set circumquaques to make me beleeue..that the moone is made of a grene Chese.
1556 J. Heywood Spider & Flie xxxviii. 50 What (quoth the flie) meaneth this circumquaquie?
1591 J. Harington tr. L. Ariosto Orlando Furioso xliii. cxiii. 367 With diuers circumquaques and deuises, He seeketh of the nurse to finde the trace.
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