What does "circumvolution" mean?
Circumvolution: A thing rolled round another. Arbuthnot.
Additional senses
- 2.A roundabout procedure; a circumlocution. He had neither time nor temper for sentimental circumvolutions. Beaconsfield.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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