Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Circuitous \Cir*cu"i*tous\, a. [LL. circuitosus.]
   Going round in a circuit; roundabout; indirect; as, a
   circuitous road; a circuitous manner of accomplishing an end.
   -- {Cir*cu"i*tous*ly}, adv. -- {Cir*cu"i*tous*ness}, n.

   Syn: Tortuous; winding; sinuous; serpentine.