circumforaneous

形容词 adj.
中文释义
英 /sɜːkəmfəˈɹeɪnɪəs/   

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Wandering from place to place or market to market.
    — Gyrovagues: Monks who were accustomed to wander from place to place. In modern times, perhaps, any of the various circumforaneous proselytizers who go from door to door—Jehovah's Witnesses, Mormons, et al.
  2. Indirect, roundabout, or unnecessarily complex. broadly
    — The reason that this has not been the subject of extended commentary in science studies was that the path along which thermodynamics wrought its magic was unprecedentedly indirect and circumforaneous:[…]

词形变化

more circumforaneous comparative most circumforaneous superlative

词汇关系

相关词
extraforaneous circumbendibus

词源

From Latin circumforāneus (“itinerant”), from circum- (“around”) + forum (“marketplace”) + -aneus (“-aneous”).
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