Definition of "circuitousness" []

• The state of being circuitous (noun)

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• "In this 10th anniversary year of 9/11, with renewed danger south of the border, the legend of Pancho Villa is a testament to the mutability — and the circuitousness — of history."
• "Well, this is Paris, M-G-M – a fantasy world of charm and merriment, and of that fabled "Lubitsch touch," which implied charm, provocative circuitousness and gaiety, combined with a slightly bittersweet awareness that all happiness is transient – but isn't it swell while it lasts!"
• "He had to abandon all generalities and circuitousness, and come plump upon the royal sinner with his "Thou art the man.""