"circumforaneous" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

IPA: /sɜːkəmfəˈɹeɪnɪəs/ [UK] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-circumforaneous.wav [Southern-England] Forms: more circumforaneous [comparative], most circumforaneous [superlative]
Etymology: Latin circumforāneus (“itinerant”), from circum- (“around”) + forum (“marketplace”) + -aneus (“-aneous”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|circumforāneus||itinerant}} Latin circumforāneus (“itinerant”), {{m|la|circum-||around}} circum- (“around”), {{m|en|forum||marketplace}} forum (“marketplace”), {{m|la|-aneus||-aneous}} -aneus (“-aneous”) Head templates: {{en-adj}} circumforaneous (comparative more circumforaneous, superlative most circumforaneous)
  1. Wandering from place to place or market to market. Translations (wandering from place to place): kiertävä (Finnish), шля́ться (šljátʹsja) [informal] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-circumforaneous-en-adj-j7x2aERl Disambiguation of 'wandering from place to place': 91 9
  2. (by extension) Indirect, roundabout, or unnecessarily complex. Tags: broadly Translations (indirect, unnecessarily complex): kiertelevä (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-circumforaneous-en-adj-pHJUusA3 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 17 83 Disambiguation of 'indirect, unnecessarily complex': 3 97
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: extraforaneous, circumbendibus

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