单词 | circumbendibus |
释义 | circumbendibusn. A roundabout process or method; a twist, turn; circumlocution. ΘΚΠ 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 1681 J. Dryden Spanish Fryar v. ii. 78 I shall fetch him back with a Circum-bendibus I warrant him. 1727 A. Pope et al. Περι Βαθους: Art of Sinking 52 in J. Swift et al. Misc.: Last Vol. The Periphrasis, which the Moderns call the Circumbendibus. 1773 O. Goldsmith She stoops to Conquer v. 93 With a circumbendibus, I fairly lodged them in the horsepond. 1791 J. Bentham Let. ?Nov. in Corr. (1981) IV. 338 The notice..was to come in circumbendibus through two different channels. 1814 W. Scott Waverley II. i. 6 Partaking of what scholars call the periphrastic and ambagitory, and the vulgar the circumbendibus . View more context for this quotation 1867 Sir W. Harcourt in Times 9 May 12/2 What is the intention of this clumsy, embarrassing, and vexatious circumbendibus? This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online September 2018). < |
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