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devious (iou)



devious adjective & adverb. L16.
[from Latin devius, from de- DE- 1 + via way: see -OUS.]
A. adjective.
Lying out of the way; remote, sequestered. Now rare. L16.
E. K. Kane These devious and untrodden ice-fields.
Pursuing an indirect or winding course; circuitous, rambling; deviating from the straight way, erring; subtly cunning, wily, unscrupulous, dishonest. E17.
J. R. Lowell A shoal of devious minnows wheel from where a pike Lurks balanced. C. V. Wedgwood To evade them they had travelled..by devious ways, thus greatly lengthening the journey. W. Golding I should..have to be subtle, devious, diplomatic. P. Larkin The devious ways of practical Politics.
b. adverb. With an indirect or winding course, circuitously. Now rare. L18.
C. Bront? I sought the Continent, and went devious through all its lands.
deviously adverb M18.
deviousness noun E18.

clioquinol (iou)



clioquinol noun. M20.
[from Cl, chemical symbol for chlorine + IO(DINE + QUINOL(INE.]
Pharmacology. A quinoline derivative that has been used as an antiseptic to treat intestinal amoebiasis, diarrhoea, and ear and skin infections; 5-chloro-8-hydroxy-7-iodoquinoline, C9H5NOClI.