circuitous
adjective/səˈkjuːɪtəs/
/sərˈkjuːɪtəs/
(formal)- (of a route or journey) long and not direct synonym roundabout
- He took us on a circuitous route to the hotel.
- The journey was circuitous and slow.
Oxford Collocations DictionaryCircuitous is used with these nouns:- route
Word Originmid 17th cent.: from medieval Latin circuitosus, from circuitus ‘a way around’, from circuire, variant of circumire ‘go round’, from circum ‘around’ + ire ‘go’.Definitions on the go
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