circumambulatev.
/səːkəmˈambjuːleɪt/ 1. transitive. To walk round about.
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society > travel > aspects of travel > going on foot > traverse on foot [verb (transitive)] > round
circumambulate1656
1656 T. Blount Glossographia Circumambulate, to walk round about.
1816 Q. Rev. 15 326 Having seven times circumambulated the Kaaba.
1847 T. De Quincey Secret Societies in Tait's Edinb. Mag. Oct. 663/1 Round and round the furious Jews must have circumambulated the camp.
2. intransitive. To walk about, go about; figurative to beat about the bush.
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society > travel > aspects of travel > going on foot > go on foot [verb (intransitive)] > round
circumambulate1691
1691 A. Wood Athenæ Oxonienses (R.) Ordinary persons that circumambulated with their box and needle.
Derivatives
circumˈambulating n. and adj.
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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
circumlocution?1518
ambage1532
periphrasis1533
circuition1542
circuit1552
notation1555
compassing1580
periphrase1589
ambush1601
encompassment1604
circumambulation1606
circling1623
perambulationa1652
roundaboutness1810
roundaboutation1812
ambagiosity1819
circumambulating1837
peripherization1926
1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. I. iv. i. 171 What dubitating, what circumambulating.
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