circumambiencyn.

/səːkəmˈambɪənsi/

Etymology: formed as circumambience n. on regular type of nouns in -ency suffix.

†1. = circumambience n. Obsolete.

ΚΠ

1755 S. Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang. Circumambiency, the act of encompassing.

2. Circumambient quality or condition; that which encompasses; surrounding, environment.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > surrounding > [noun] > that which surrounds > a surrounding space or area > totality of surroundings or environment

circumstancea1340

encompassure1600

environry1600

vironry1600

attendment1646

circumambiency1646

ambience1648

environment1725

circumjacency1751

environ1762

environage1831

setting1841

enshrinement1849

entourage1850

milieu1854

surroundings1861

ambiente1862

mise-en-scène1871

surround1922

Umwelt1964

1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica ii. i. 53 Ice receiveth its figure according unto the surface, wherein it concreteth or the circumambiency which conformeth it.

1832 Fraser's Mag. 6 338 The construction, circumambiency, and consolidation of all the primordial rocks.

1865 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia V. xviii. xiii. 325 An irregular cleared ‘island’,..with unlimited circumambiencies of wood.

3. A going about, circuitous motion (nonce-use).

ΚΠ

1837 L. Hunt in New Monthly Mag. 49 84 The..circumambiencies of the coachman's whip.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online September 2019).

单词	circumambiency
释义	circumambiencyn. /səːkəmˈambɪənsi/ Etymology: formed as circumambience n. on regular type of nouns in -ency suffix. †1. = circumambience n. Obsolete. ΚΠ 1755 S. Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang. Circumambiency, the act of encompassing. 2. Circumambient quality or condition; that which encompasses; surrounding, environment. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > surrounding > [noun] > that which surrounds > a surrounding space or area > totality of surroundings or environment circumstancea1340 encompassure1600 environry1600 vironry1600 attendment1646 circumambiency1646 ambience1648 environment1725 circumjacency1751 environ1762 environage1831 setting1841 enshrinement1849 entourage1850 milieu1854 surroundings1861 ambiente1862 mise-en-scène1871 surround1922 Umwelt1964 1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica ii. i. 53 Ice receiveth its figure according unto the surface, wherein it concreteth or the circumambiency which conformeth it. View more context for this quotation 1832 Fraser's Mag. 6 338 The construction, circumambiency, and consolidation of all the primordial rocks. 1865 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia V. xviii. xiii. 325 An irregular cleared ‘island’,..with unlimited circumambiencies of wood. 3. A going about, circuitous motion (nonce-use). ΚΠ 1837 L. Hunt in New Monthly Mag. 49 84 The..circumambiencies of the coachman's whip. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online September 2019). < n.1646
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