circumforaneous

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circumforaneous

/sɜːkəmfəˈɹeɪnɪəs/ UK

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

adjective more circumforaneous · most circumforaneous

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.
broadly Indirect, roundabout, or unnecessarily complex. 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:[…]

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adj wandering from place to place

Русский	шля́ться šljátʹsja

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@misc{circumforaneous_2026,
  title = {circumforaneous},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/circumforaneous},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}