circuitousness
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
circuitous + -ness
Noun[edit]
circuitousness (uncountable)
- The state of being circuitous.
- 1960 March, Cecil J. Allen, “Locomotive Running Past and Present”, in Trains Illustrated, page 175:
- But as the circuitousness of this route and the extremely slow running required over the Midland-North Stafford link have increased overall journey times of the trains concerned to 4 hr. 38 min. down and 4½ hr. up, they are hardly likely to prove very attractive to through passengers.
References[edit]
- “circuitousness”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.