circuitous

Signification (Anglais)

1. Not direct or to the point.
2. Of a long and winding route.

Concepts

tortueux

carrefour giratoire

indirect

retors

sinueux

détourné

Synonymes

roundabout

indirect

devious

circular

ambagious

rotatory

oblique

lateral

mealymouthed

mediate

orbital

peregrine

rotary

rotating

rotational

rotative

roving

side

sidelong

sinuous

slanting

turning

twisting

vagabond

vagrant

vicarious

winding

circumlocutious

gyral

aslant

divious

backhanded

bevel

evasive

gyratory

inexplicit

itinerant

Traductions

tortuoso

weitschweifig

dolaylı

cyclicus

omslachtig

abwegig

weit ausholend

κυκλικός

περιστροφικός

πλάγιος

sinuoso

indirecte

circonferenziale

tortuoso

دائري

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/sɜːˈkjuːɪtəs/

Étymologie (Anglais)

First attested in 1664. From Latin circuitōsus, from circuitus, from circumeō (“I go around”), from circum (“around”) + eō (“I go”). By surface analysis, circuit + -ous.