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Definition: CIRCUMVOLANT

Part of Speech Definition
Adjective 1. Flying around.[Websters]
2. Virtually never used base adjective of the rarely used adverb circumvolantly.[Eve - graph theoretic]
Adverb Form
(circumvolantly)
1. Virtually never used adverbial inflection of the rarely used adjective circumvolant.[Eve - graph theoretic]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license.

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Date "Circumvolant" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references)

Etymology:Circumvolant \Cir*cum"vo*lant\, adjective. [Latin expression circumvolans, p. pr. See Circumvolation.]. (references)

Definition: CIRCUMVOLANT

Part of SpeechDefinition
Adjective1. Flying around.[Websters]
2. Virtually never used base adjective of the rarely used adverb circumvolantly.[Eve - graph theoretic]
Adverb Form
(circumvolantly)
1. Virtually never used adverbial inflection of the rarely used adjective circumvolant.[Eve - graph theoretic]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license.

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Date "CIRCUMVOLANT" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references)

Etymology:Circumvolant \Cir*cum"vo*lant\, adjective. [Latin expression circumvolans, p. pr. See Circumvolation.]. (references)