orbicular
English
WOTD – 6 September 2010
Etymology
From the Late Latin orbiculāris, from Latin orbiculus, diminutive of orbis (“orb”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
orbicular (comparative more orbicular, superlative most orbicular)
- Circular or spherical in shape; round.
- 1731 The Gentleman's Magazine, Weekly Essays in June 1731, Craftman, Sat. June 5, No. 257, "round+robin" p. 238:
- […] the Method used by Sailors when they mutiny, by signing their names in an orbicular manner, which they call a round Robin; […]
- 1854, Thomas De Quincey, “On Murder, Considered as One of the Fine Arts. Postscript.”, in Miscellanies (De Quincey’s Works; IV), London: James Hogg & Sons, →OCLC, page 76:
- The whole covey of victims was thus netted; the household ruin was thus full and orbicular; and in that proportion the tendency of men and women, flutter as they might, would be helplessly and hopelessly to sink into the all-conquering hands of the mighty murderer.
- 1731 The Gentleman's Magazine, Weekly Essays in June 1731, Craftman, Sat. June 5, No. 257, "round+robin" p. 238:
Derived terms
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Translations
circular or spherical in shape
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Anagrams
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French orbiculaire, from Latin orbicularis.
Adjective
orbicular m or n (feminine singular orbiculară, masculine plural orbiculari, feminine and neuter plural orbiculare)
Declension
Declension of orbicular
singular | plural | ||||||
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masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | ||
nominative/ accusative | indefinite | orbicular | orbiculară | orbiculari | orbiculare | ||
definite | orbicularul | orbiculara | orbicularii | orbicularele | |||
genitive/ dative | indefinite | orbicular | orbiculare | orbiculari | orbiculare | ||
definite | orbicularului | orbicularei | orbicularilor | orbicularelor |
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /oɾbikuˈlaɾ/ [oɾ.β̞i.kuˈlaɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: or‧bi‧cu‧lar
Derived terms
- músculo orbicular
Derived terms
Further reading
- “orbicular”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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