Circumbendibus
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /sɝkm̩ˈbɛndɪbəs/ · Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Circumbendibus is an adjective meaning (often humorous) indirect or roundabout.
Meaning
(often humorous) indirect or roundabout.
More Meanings
- (often humorous) A roundabout route or process
- (often humorous) A roundabout, indirect, or confusing manner of speech or writing
Example Sentences
Before tea-time my circumbendibus brought me to the hospitable residence of Tommy’s chief supporter, whom we will call Mr Goodhart.
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.
“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.”
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?”
Word Forms
- circumbendibuses
- circumbendibi
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include circumferential, circumforaneous, roundabout, circumlocuitous, circumlocutive, circumambulatory.
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