[Adjective]
(comparative more circumbendibus, superlative most circumbendibus)
1. (often humorous) indirect or roundabout
[Noun]
1. (often humorous) A roundabout route or process.
2. (often humorous) A roundabout, indirect, or confusing manner of speech or writing.
- 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.
- ~Sidney Watson
- In the Twinkling of an Eye
- (1918)
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2 comments:
So, are you purusing the dictionary every evening to locate the most obscure and archaic words that you can locate?
I am unimpressed by the word itself,but the photos are glorious. As soon as I read the definition, I began singing, "follow the yellow brick road, follow the yellow brick road, follow, follow, follow, follow......" Hee! Hee!
M,
I get my words from one of several online "Word of the Day" sites. Some are more challenging than others. :)
xox,
Susan
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