circuitousadj.

/səˈkjuːɪtəs/

Etymology: < late Latin circuitōsus abounding in roundabout courses, < circuitus circuit n.: see -ous suffix.

1. Of the nature of a circuit, roundabout, indirect.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > hiding, concealing from view > keeping from knowledge > indirect action or process > [adjective]

collateralc1374

ambagious?1532

indirect1584

circular1617

squint1619

squinting1648

sidelong1654

circumferentiala1661

circuitous1664

side wind1672

side-winded1696

roundabout1701

side-handed1828

society > travel > means of travel > route or way > [adjective] > indirect

abouta1460

indirect1474

devious1628

far-fetcheda1656

roundabout1684

circumflex1707

ungain1824

circuitous1868

1664 H. More Modest Enq. Myst. Iniquity 109 Any medium direct or circuitous.

1790 W. Paley Horæ Paulinæ i. 4 Coincidences..minute, circuitous, or oblique.

1796 J. Morse Amer. Universal Geogr. (new ed.) I. 439 By this kind of circuitous commerce they subsisted and grew rich.

1800 P. Colquhoun Treat. Commerce & Police R. Thames xi. 303 This ancient Court of Record is too circuitous in its procedure.

1845 R. Whately Logic in Encycl. Metrop. 219/1 An artificial and circuitous way of speaking.

1868 Queen Victoria Jrnl. 169 We had..to take a somewhat circuitous route in order to avoid some bogs.

†2. ? Circus-like. Obsolete. rare.

ΚΠ

1807 G. Chalmers Caledonia I. i. ii. 92 There are other circuitous erections of stone.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online September 2018).

单词	circuitous
释义	circuitousadj. /səˈkjuːɪtəs/ Etymology: < late Latin circuitōsus abounding in roundabout courses, < circuitus circuit n.: see -ous suffix. 1. Of the nature of a circuit, roundabout, indirect. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > hiding, concealing from view > keeping from knowledge > indirect action or process > [adjective] collateralc1374 ambagious?1532 indirect1584 circular1617 squint1619 squinting1648 sidelong1654 circumferentiala1661 circuitous1664 side wind1672 side-winded1696 roundabout1701 side-handed1828 society > travel > means of travel > route or way > [adjective] > indirect abouta1460 indirect1474 devious1628 far-fetcheda1656 roundabout1684 circumflex1707 ungain1824 circuitous1868 1664 H. More Modest Enq. Myst. Iniquity 109 Any medium direct or circuitous. 1790 W. Paley Horæ Paulinæ i. 4 Coincidences..minute, circuitous, or oblique. 1796 J. Morse Amer. Universal Geogr. (new ed.) I. 439 By this kind of circuitous commerce they subsisted and grew rich. 1800 P. Colquhoun Treat. Commerce & Police R. Thames xi. 303 This ancient Court of Record is too circuitous in its procedure. 1845 R. Whately Logic in Encycl. Metrop. 219/1 An artificial and circuitous way of speaking. 1868 Queen Victoria Jrnl. 169 We had..to take a somewhat circuitous route in order to avoid some bogs. †2. ? Circus-like. Obsolete. rare. ΚΠ 1807 G. Chalmers Caledonia I. i. ii. 92 There are other circuitous erections of stone. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online September 2018). < adj.1664
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