bypath

See also: by-path

English

Alternative forms

• by-path

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English bypath; by surface analysis, by +‎ path.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈbaɪˌpɑːθ/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈbaɪˌpæθ/

Noun

bypath (plural bypaths)

1. An unfrequented path; an indirect route; a byway.
   • 1927, Chi Li, “Archaeological Survey of the Fêng River Valley, Southern Shansi, China”, in Explorations and Field-work of the Smithsonian Institution in 1926 (Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections)‎^[1], volume 78, number 7, Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution, →OCLC, page 129:

     Having gone to Chiang Chou from Chü-wo by the northern route through Hou-ma, we returned over a bypath through mountains in the south which has been gradually elevated from the Fêng River valley by loess deposit.

   • 1927, Edgar Rice Burrows, The Outlaw of Torn‎^[2], HTML edition, The Gutenberg Project, published 2008:

     During these days, the boy rode Sir Mortimer abroad in many directions until he knew every bypath within a radius of fifty miles of Torn. Sometimes the old man accompanied him, but more often he rode alone.

Translations

unfrequented path, byway

• Hungarian: mellékösvény (hu)
• Latin: dēverticulum n
• Manx: fo chassan m
• Middle English: bypath

Middle English

Alternative forms

• bipath, bi-path, bi path, bypathe, bypaþ, by-paþ

Etymology

From by- +‎ path.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbiːˌpaθ/, /ˈbiːˌpaːθ/

Noun

bypath (plural bypathes)

1. (often figurative) bypath, byway
2. (rare) shortcut, bypass

Descendants

• English: bypath, by-path

References

• “bī-path, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.