windaboutn.adj.
/ˈwʌɪndəbaʊt/ A. n.
† Suggested name for a circumflex accent.Apparently an isolated use.
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acute accent1555
windabout1589
cerilla1591
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circumflex1609
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diaeresis1611
dialysis1665
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short accent, mark1704
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1589 G. Puttenham Arte Eng. Poesie ii. vi. 65 We might very properly call him the (windabout) for so is the Greek word.
B. adj.
That winds about, meandering.
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windabout1889
1889 F. E. Gretton Memory's Harkback 321 The erratic, windabout stream.
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