circular

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   Shaped like a circle; round.

   They sat around a large circular table.

2. 2
   noun

   A printed advertisement or notice sent to many people.

   The store mailed a sales circular to all its customers.

3. 3
   adj

   Of an argument, using the thing it is trying to prove as its own proof, so it leads nowhere.

   Saying the book is good because it's popular is circular reasoning.

From Middle English circuler, circuleer, circulere, from Old French circulier (French circulaire), from Late Latin circularis, from Latin circulus, diminutive of circus (“ring”). By surface analysis, circle + -ar.

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