circumbendibus

circumbendibus
/serr'keuhm ben"deuh beuhs/, n., pl. circumbendibuses. Informal.
a roundabout way; circumlocution.
[1675-85; CIRCUM- + BEND1 + L -ibus abl. pl. ending]

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