devious - Dictionary definition and meaning for word devious
deviate
DEVIOUS -- like DEVIATE....When you DEVIATE from the straight path, you go wandering ROUND and ABOUT.
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Devious has devi as in devil in it and devils are devious, shifty,mean.
DEVIOUS also mean CUNNING.....a person who deviate our mind and then does tricks is a devious person i.e cunning,rambling..
devious(devi+o+U.S) Devi on U.S. made round about flight to india
dev+i+o+u+s (your thanking god) dev i owe you something for making me tricky, oblique, shifty, etc all the synonyms of devious..lol