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CIRCUMFORANEAN
Etymology
Adjective
circumforanean (comparative more circumforanean, superlative most circumforanean)
(obsolete) Wandering from market to market; vagabond, itinerant.
[…] I am the bolder to insert, as not borrowed from circumforanean rogues and gypsies, but out of the writings of worthy philosophers and physicians […]
Source: Wiktionary
Cir`cum*fo*ra"ne*an, Cir`cum*fo*ra"ne*ous, a. Etym: [L. circumforaneus found in markets; circum + forum a market place.]
Definition: Going about or abroad; walking or wandering from house to house. Addison.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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SUCH
(adjective) of so extreme a degree or extent; “such weeping”; “so much weeping”; “such a help”; “such grief”; “never dreamed of such beauty”
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