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circumbendibus

/sɝkm̩ˈbɛndɪbəs/

circumbendibus adjective: indirect or roundabout.

Adjective

circumbendibus (comparative more circumbendibus, superlative most circumbendibus)

  1. (humorous, often) indirect or roundabout
    • “We’re all circumbendibus, / Wherever we may be, / We’re all circumbendibus, / On land or on sea. / Rich or poor or middling, / Wherever we are found, / We’re all circumbendibus, / We’re all going round.”1918, Sidney Watson, In the Twinkling of an Eye, Bible institute of Los Angeles, page 66
    • The only irresistible inference that can be deduced from a bare perusal of this judgment is that it is circumbendibus in its tenor vague and conjectural in its logic and in fine it is a remarkable piece of a political document.1987 Syed Tassadque Hussain, Reflections on Kashmir politics,Rima Pub. House, p59

Noun

circumbendibus (plural circumbendibuses or circumbendibi)

  1. (humorous, often) A roundabout route or process
    • If, as Coleridge says, “a knave is a fool with a circumbendibus,” then by instructing the knave you do but make the circumbendibus a wider one.1899, Herbert Spencer, Social Statics; Or, the Conditions Essential to Human Happiness Specified, and the First of Them Developed, D. Appleton and company, page 383
    • After he had moved into the house and repaired it Mrs. Mary L. Bacon remembers standing with him one day and looking over the winding flag stones leading up to his front door. “And what is this,” he said, “a circumbendibus?”1907 Albert Temple Swing, James Harris Fairchild; Or Sixty-Eight Years with a Christian College, F. H. Revell company, p155
  2. (humorous, often) A roundabout, indirect, or confusing manner of speech or writing

circumbendibus meaning in Tamil

circumbendibus in Tamil

சுற்றி வளைத்து, மறைமுகமாக, நேரடியாக இல்லாத, குழப்பமான

Forms of circumbendibus

Adjective
comparativemore circumbendibus
superlativemost circumbendibus
Noun
pluralcircumbendibuses
pluralcircumbendibi

Origin of circumbendibus

* From Latin circum (“round about”) (compare English circum-) + English bend + Latin -ibus

Questions about circumbendibus

What does circumbendibus mean?
Circumbendibus means indirect or roundabout.
What is circumbendibus in Tamil?
Circumbendibus in Tamil is சுற்றி வளைத்து, மறைமுகமாக, நேரடியாக இல்லாத. See Circumbendibus meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is circumbendibus?
Circumbendibus can be an adjective or a noun.
How do you pronounce circumbendibus?
Circumbendibus is pronounced /sɝkm̩ˈbɛndɪbəs/.

Words near circumbendibus in the dictionary

  1. circumaviator
  2. circumaxial
  3. circumaxially
  4. circumaxile
  5. circumbendibi
  6. circumbendibus
  7. circumbendibuses
  8. circumbenzene
  9. circumbenzenes
  10. circumbinary
  11. circumblastoporal

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