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Circumbendibus

//sɝkm̩ˈbɛndɪbəs// adj, noun

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    indirect or roundabout humorous, often

    "“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.”"

Noun
  1. 1
    A roundabout route or process humorous, often

    "If, as Coleridge says, “a knave is a fool with a circumbendibus,” then by instructing the knave you do but make the circumbendibus a wider one."

  2. 2
    A roundabout, indirect, or confusing manner of speech or writing humorous, often

Etymology

Etymology 1

* From Latin circum (“round about”) (compare English circum-) + English bend + Latin -ibus

Etymology 2

* From Latin circum (“round about”) (compare English circum-) + English bend + Latin -ibus

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