circumforaneous
/sɜːkəmfəˈɹeɪnɪəs/
circumforaneous adjective: wandering from place to place or market to market.
Adjective
circumforaneous (comparative more circumforaneous, superlative most circumforaneous)
- Wandering from place to place or market to market.
- Gyrovagues: Monks who were accustomed to wander from place to place. In modern times, perhaps, any of the various circumforaneous proselytizers who go from door to door—Jehovah's Witnesses, Mormons, et al.1992, Peter Bowler, Ron Bell, The superior person's second book of weird and wondrous words, page 38
- It is perfect for a thirteen-year-old child of NoVA when in the throes of another fit of aimlessness and maddening, ravenous boredom in which only the entering of a mall, the circumforaneous wandering amid others of your kind, or the buying of a CD (usually more like the stealing of a CD) can cure...2008, James Boice, NoVA: a novel, page 83
- Indirect, roundabout, or unnecessarily complex.
- The reason that this has not been the subject of extended commentary in science studies was that the path along which thermodynamics wrought its magic was unprecedentedly indirect and circumforaneous:[…]2002, Philip Mirowski, Machine dreams: economics becomes a cyborg science, page 43
circumforaneous meaning in Tamil
circumforaneous in Tamil
- இடம்விட்டு இடம் பெயரும், சுற்றி அலையும், நாடோடி, சுற்றி வளைத்த, குழப்பமான, மறைமுக
Forms of circumforaneous
| comparative | more circumforaneous |
|---|---|
| superlative | most circumforaneous |
Origin of circumforaneous
From Latin circumforāneus (“itinerant”), from circum- (“around”) + forum (“marketplace”) + -aneus (“-aneous”).
Questions about circumforaneous
- What does circumforaneous mean?
- Circumforaneous means wandering from place to place or market to market.
- What is circumforaneous in Tamil?
- Circumforaneous in Tamil is இடம்விட்டு இடம் பெயரும், சுற்றி அலையும், நாடோடி. See Circumforaneous meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is circumforaneous?
- Circumforaneous is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce circumforaneous?
- Circumforaneous is pronounced /sɜːkəmfəˈɹeɪnɪəs/ (UK).
Words near circumforaneous in the dictionary
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