roundabout

noun

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Pronunciation: /ˈɹaʊndəˌbaʊt/ / /ˈɹuːndəˌbuːt/

Etymology: From round + about [from early 20th c.].

Indirect, circuitous, or circumlocutionary.
“[S]he fled, running like a deer, doubling and turning through alleys and back streets until by a very roundabout road she reached her own room.”
“"Really, Bill, I think your best plan would be to go straight to father and tell him the whole thing.—You don't want him to hear about it in a roundabout way."”
Encircling; enveloping; comprehensive.
“The third sort is of those who readily and sincerely follow reason, but for want of having that which one may call a large, sound, roundabout sense, have not a full view of all that relates to the question.”

Etymology: From round + about [from early 20th c.].

A road junction at which traffic streams circularly around a central island.
A horizontal wheel which rotates around a central axis when pushed and on which children ride, often found in parks as a children's play apparatus.
A fairground carousel.
A detour.
A short, close-fitting coat or jacket worn by men or boys, especially in the 19th century.
A round dance.

Etymology: From round + about [from early 20th c.].