motoric

English

Etymology

motor +‎ -ic

Adjective

motoric (comparative more motoric, superlative most motoric)

  1. (biology) Relating to the motor faculties.
    • 1973, Oliver Sacks, Awakenings:
      The 'movement' was simultaneously emotional and motoric, and essentially autonomous (thus distinguishing it from passive jerkings and other pathology).
  2. (music, of a rhythm) Based on repetition of a single note length.
    • 2007 May 18, Jon Pareles, “A Tenderhearted Introvert, Crooning in Eclectic Company”, in New York Times‎:
      In between were the Bang on a Can All-Stars, a contemporary chamber-music group, playing the part of their repertory — drum-driven, motoric, yet by no means primitive — closest to rock.

Translations

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from German motorisch.

Adjective

motoric m or n (feminine singular motorică, masculine plural motorici, feminine and neuter plural motorice)

  1. (relational) motor

Declension
Declension of motoric
singular plural
masculine neuter feminine masculine neuter feminine
nominative/
accusative 		indefinite motoric motorică motorici motorice
definite motoricul motorica motoricii motoricele
genitive/
dative 		indefinite motoric motorice motorici motorice
definite motoricului motoricei motoricilor motoricelor

References
  • motoric in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN
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