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deverticulum.

by-way/side-road, turn off main road; branch (river); refuge/retreat/resort; circumlocution/evasion; loophole; deviation/diversion/digression; port of call;

12 characters5 syllables approx.Latina language

Meaning & usage

noun[deː.wɛrˈtɪ.kʊ.ɫũː]Classical-Latin[de.verˈtiː.ku.lum]
  1. A byroad, bypath, side-way; tributary.

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  2. A deviation, digression.

    declension-2 · figuratively
  3. A place for travellers to put up; an inn, lodging.

    declension-2
  4. A refuge, retreat, lurking-place.

    declension-2 · figuratively
Where this word comes from

From dēvertō (“to turn away, turn aside”) + -i- + -culum.

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