Obs. [So in 16–17th c. Fr.: app. a fanciful creation of Rabelais.] Going round, circumambulation. So Circumbilivaginate v. [f. F. circumbilivagin-er], to speak in a roundabout way, use circumlocution.
1611. Cotgr., Circombilivagination, a circumbiliuigation [1632 -uagation,] circular motion; going round, wheeling about.
1656. in Blount, Glossogr.
a. 1693. Urquhart, Rabelais, III. xxii. Gyronomick Circumbilvaginations. Ibid., III. xxx. That is spoke gallantly, without circumbilivaginating about and about.
