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 ]. 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:
