† circumbilivaginationn.
Obsolete.
Going round, circumambulation.
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1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Circombilivagination, a circumbiliuigation [1632 -uagation,] circular motion; going round, wheeling about.
1656 T. Blount Glossographia Circumbilinagination, circular motion going round, wheeling about.
1693 T. Urquhart & P. A. Motteux tr. F. Rabelais 3rd Bk. Wks. xxii. 178 Gyronomick Circumbilvaginations.
Derivatives
circumbilivaginate v. [ < French circumbilivagin-er] to speak in a roundabout way, use circumlocution.
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1693 T. Urquhart & P. A. Motteux tr. F. Rabelais 3rd Bk. Wks. xxx. 248 That is spoke gallantly, without circumbilivaginating about and about.
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