There was a 20% chance of rain today, which translated into a zero percent chance of rain on the Edge of Nowhere. However, in Austin, there was a nice little rain shower, pretty heavy for about 10 minutes. It reminded me of the every afternoon showers that happened when I was living in New Orleans. I took this picture during my drive home, and I like it A LOT! Otherwise, except for the fact that today was a Monday, it was nothing particularly memorable!Circuitous -- Adjective. 1. having a circular or winding course. 2. not being forthright or direct in language or action. Preferring to avoid the freeway, Mark took a circuitous route to the stadium and ended up arriving late to the game.
Did You Know? If you guessed that circuitous is related to circuit, you would be right--both words come from the Latin circuitus, the past participle of the verb circumire, meaning "to go around." Circumire is derived in turn from the Latin circum, meaning "around," plus ire, which means "to go." Other circum descendants making the rounds in English include circumference ("the perimeter of a circle"), circumvent (one meaning of which is "to make a circuit around"), circumlocution ("the act of 'talking around' a subject"), and curcumnavigate ("to go around"). There's also the prefix circum-, which means "around" or "about," and the familiar word circumstance, which describes a condition or event that "stands around" another.
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