incircumscription

noun

in·​circumscription

¦in+

archaic

: the quality or state of being free from bounds or limits

Word History

Etymology

Late Latin incircumscription-, incircumscriptio, from incircumscriptus not circumscribed (from Latin circumscribe) + Latin -ion-, -io -ion

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