circumbendibus

• And believe I will just fancy I see this place too; it sounds rather a "circumbendibus" for us this journey And why leave Bangalore at all? —  From Edinburgh to India ; Burmah
• Our intention was to travel north, as we knew that was the road leading from the colony; but Hastings had decided that we should first go to the eastward, so as to make what we sailors call a circumbendibus, which would keep us out of the general track. —  Masterman Ready The Wreck of the "Pacific"
• "It took what that literal fellow, Captain Lawton, calls a circumbendibus, a route never taken by the swords of his men, notwithstanding the multiplied pains I have been at to teach him how to cut scientifically. —  The Spy
• He will suspect that we have been talking of his wife; and that will whet his jealousy and his vigilance I thanked my unknown friend in the mask, and withdrawing a few steps, came, by a little "circumbendibus," upon the flank of the Count. —  The Room in the Dragon Volant
• De trouble was, when you did come, you all made dat ar circumbendibus, an trabelled clean an clar away from me We thought at first you could not be so near the point But de pint was de whole difficulty. —  Lost in the Fog

Allen's Synonyms and Antonyms