Circumbendibus (noun)
sir-kum-bend-i-bus
To go round and round in circles; a roundabout way.
C17: Of someone or something, to go round and round without ever getting to the point.
Example sentences
“I have to go to yet another circumbendibus meeting where nothing will be agreed upon.”
“It’s been one of those circumbendibus days.”
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