roundaboutednessn.
/ˈraʊndəbaʊtᵻdnᵻs/, U.S. /ˈraʊndəˈˌbaʊdᵻdnᵻs/ = roundaboutness n.
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society > travel > means of travel > route or way > [noun] > roundabout or indirect > the quality of being roundabout
roundaboutness1810
roundaboutedness1840
roundaboutility1863
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
1840 Fraser's Mag. 22 346 The lengthiness and ‘roundaboutedness’ which distinguish the effusions of diplomatists.
1874 H. B. Pritchard Tramps in Tyrol i. 7 Surely the first to find out its roundaboutedness has a right to say that from the very outset he was confident the path taken was wrong.
1904 W. W. Jacobs Dialstone Lane ix. 142 What I mean to say is, without no roundaboutedness, will you lend a 'ard-working man..a couple o' pounds?
1999 G. Paquet Governance through Social Learning xi. 200 The degree of political ‘roundaboutedness’ called for is much greater at present.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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