Subscribe To This Site
A Word A Day : Circuitous
Wednesday, 4th June 2008 : Today's Word is ...
Circuitous
Pronunciation : ser-kyo-itess
1. lengthy because very indirect
2. being or taking a roundabout, lengthy course
3. marked by obliqueness or indirection in speech or conduct
4. deviating from a straight course
5. not direct in manner or language or behavior or action
6. not direct in spatial dimension
From Medieval Latin circuitōsus, from Latin circuitus, a going around
anfractuous, circular, devious, indirect, oblique, roundabout, tortuous
direct, in line, straight
• He took a circuitous route to avoid the accident site.
• The circuitous bus route between the two cities went here, there and everywhere and it took an extremely long time to get anywhere.
• The salesman's route was circuitous. It would go aimlessly through many small towns.
• A circuitous argument is one that rambles around for quite a while before making its point.
• A circuitous argument is very similar to a circular argument, which is one that ends up where it begins or attempts to prove something without offering any new information. To say, A majority is that which exists when there is a majority, is to give a circular, or tautological, definition of the word majority.
• circuity : Noun
• circuitousness : Noun
• circuitously : Adverb
Enjoy this list and then get around for preparing your own list of words. There is no better way of boosting your words power. The most effective way to build your vocabulary is described in the page on Word Power. Educational research has discovered that your I.Q. is intimately related to your Word Power. Take a standard Vocabulary test and then an intelligent test, the result in both will be substantially the same. The more extensive your vocabulary, the better your chances of success, other things being equal- success in attaining your educational goals, success in moving ahead in your business or professional career, success in achieving your intellectual potential.