circuity

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cir·cu·i·tous

C0363200 (sər-kyo͞o′ĭ-təs)adj.1. Being or taking a roundabout, lengthy course: took a circuitous route to avoid the accident site.2. Characterized by indirectness, evasiveness, or complexity, as in action or language: a circuitous method of inquiry; a circuitous argument.
[From Medieval Latin circuitōsus, from Latin circuitus, a going around; see circuit.]
cir·cu′i·tous·ly adv.cir·cu′i·ty, cir·cu′i·tous·ness n.

circuity

(səˈkjuːɪtɪ) n, pl -ties(of speech, reasoning, etc) a roundabout or devious quality

cir•cu•i•ty

(sərˈkyu ɪ ti)

n., pl. -ties. devious character. [1535–45]