circumbendibus

noun /sɝkm̩ˈbɛndɪbəs/

1. A roundabout route or process

   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. A roundabout, indirect, or confusing manner of speech or writing

Where it comes from

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

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry circumbendibus (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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