circuition
English
editEtymology
editFrom Latin circuitiōnem, from circuīre. Compare circuit.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editcircuition (plural circuitions)
- (archaic) The act of going round; a circuit, an encircling.
- 1603, Michel de Montaigne, translated by John Florio, The Essayes […], London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC:, II.12:
- Democritus would sometimes say, that the images and their circuitions were Gods, and othertimes this Nature, which disperseth these images; and then our knowledge and intelligence.