Circumforaneous
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /sɜːkəmfəˈɹeɪnɪəs/ · Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Circumforaneous is an adjective meaning Wandering from place to place or market to market.
Meaning
Wandering from place to place or market to market.
More Meanings
- (by extension) Indirect, roundabout, or unnecessarily complex.
Example Sentences
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:[…]
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.
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 the disease.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include circumvolant, circumterraneous, circumcontinental, circumductory, circumvential, circumvental.
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