[ad. L. circumflexiōn-em bending round.]
1. Bending round; circuitous course.
1555. Eden, Decades W. Ind., III. X. (Arb.), 184. The circumflection or course of the water reboundynge in compasse.
1656. Blount, Glossogr., Circumflexion, a bowing or bending round about.
1773. Batchelor, II. 45. Such sudden stops, and circumflections. [In Worcester; and in mod. Dicts.]
2. Marking or accenting with a circumflex.
1815. Month. Mag., XXXIX. 303. The definition of circumflexion … is not very consistent with his explanation of the two simple accents.
