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单词 circumbendibus
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circumbendibus

[ sur-kuhm-ben-duh-buhs ]
/ ˌsɜr kəmˈbɛn də bəs /
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noun, plural cir·cum·bend·i·bus·es.Informal.

a roundabout way; circumlocution.

Origin of circumbendibus

1675–85; circum- + bend1 + Latin -ibus ablative plural ending

Words nearby circumbendibus

circum-, circumambient, circumambulate, circumanal gland, circumbasal, circumbendibus, circumcenter, circumcircle, circumcise, circumcision, circumcolumnar
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Example sentences from the Web for circumbendibus

  • And believe I will just fancy I see this place too; it sounds rather a "circumbendibus" for us this journey.

    From Edinburgh to India & Burmah|William G. Burn Murdoch

British Dictionary definitions for circumbendibus

circumbendibus
/ (ˌsɜːkəmˈbɛndɪbəs) /

noun

jocular a circumlocution

Word Origin for circumbendibus

C17: coined from circum- + bend 1, with a pseudo-Latin ending
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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