Contents -AUTHOR INDEX -BIBLIOGRAPHIC RECORD

Mawson, C.O.S., ed. (1870–1938). Roget’s International Thesaurus. 1922.

Class V. Words Releasing to the Voluntary Powers
Division (I) Individual Volition
Section II. Prospective Volition
1. Conceptional Volition

629. Circuit.

   NOUN:CIRCUIT, round-about way, digression, detour, circumbendibus [humorous], circumambience, circumambiency, circumambulation, ambages, loop; winding (circuition) [See Circuition]; zigzag (deviation) [See Deviation].
   VERB:GO ROUND ABOUT, circumambulate, perform a circuit, make a circuit, go out of one’s way; make a detour; meander (deviate) [See Deviation].
  lead a pretty dance; beat about, – the bush; make two bites of a cherry.
   ADJECTIVE:CIRCUITOUS, circumambient, circumambulatory, indirect, roundabout; zigzag (deviating) [See Deviation]; backhanded.
   ADVERB:IN A ROUNDABOUT WAY; by a side wind, by an indirect course; from pillar to post.
   QUOTATION:The longest way round is the shortest way home.