circumambulationn.
/ˌsəːkəmambjuːˈleɪʃən/ Walking round or about; figurative beating about the bush, indirect process.
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society > travel > aspects of travel > going on foot > [noun] > walking round or about
perambulation?c1500
circumambulation1606
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
1606 Wily Beguilde 68 Out of the profound circumambulation of my supernaturall wit.
1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 313 There are horsses so instructed that they can stay themselues in their speediest course vpon an instant, without any circumambulation.
1794 W. Godwin Caleb Williams III. vii. 126 I was little disposed to..unnecessary circumambulation.
1834 T. Carlyle Sartor Resartus ii. vi. 54/1 He..begins a perambulation and circumambulation of the terraqueous Globe!
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