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81circuitous — /səˈkjuətəs / (say suh kyoohuhtuhs) adjective roundabout; not direct: they took a circuitous route to the house. –circuitously, adverb –circuitousness, noun …
82wind — I. /wɪnd / (say wind) noun 1. air in natural motion, as along the earth s surface. 2. a gale; storm; hurricane. 3. any stream of air, as that produced by a bellows, a fan, etc. 4. air impregnated with the scent of an animal or animals. 5. a hint… …
83manu longa — /maen(y)uw longa/ With a long hand. A term used in the civil law, signifying indirectly or circuitously …
84manu longa — /maen(y)uw longa/ With a long hand. A term used in the civil law, signifying indirectly or circuitously …
85circuitous — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ (of a route) longer than the most direct way. DERIVATIVES circuitously adverb circuitousness noun …
86circuitousness — circuitous ► ADJECTIVE ▪ (of a route) longer than the most direct way. DERIVATIVES circuitously adverb circuitousness noun …
87abandon — [14] The Old French verb abandoner is the source of abandon. It was based on a bandon, meaning literally ‘under control or jurisdiction’, which was used in the phrase mettre a bandon ‘put someone under someone else’s control’ – hence ‘abandon… …
88circuitous — [sər kyo͞o′ət əs] adj. [ML circuitosus < L circuitus: see CIRCUIT] roundabout; indirect; devious circuitously adv. circuitousness n …
89circuitous — adj. 1 indirect (and usu. long). 2 going a long way round. Derivatives: circuitously adv. circuitousness n. Etymology: med.L circuitosus f. circuitus CIRCUIT …
