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cir⋅cu⋅i⋅ty

[ser-kyoo-i-tee]
–noun, plural -ties.
circuitous quality or roundabout character.

Origin:
1535–45; circuit + -y 3
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cir·cu·i·tous   (sər-kyōō'ĭ-təs)   
adj.  Being or taking a roundabout, lengthy course: took a circuitous route to avoid the accident site.

[From Medieval Latin circuitōsus, from Latin circuitus, a going around; see circuit.]
cir·cu'i·tous·ly adv., cir·cu'i·ty, cir·cu'i·tous·ness n.
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