orbic

adj

orbic

adj

Etymology From orb + -ic.

1

Archaic Shaped or moving like an orb; spherical, circular.

  • the body of this orbic frame1609 (revised 1625), Francis Bacon, De Sapientia Veterum ('Wisdom of the Ancients')
  • The orbic wake of thy once whirling feet, / Elohim, still I hear thy sounding heel!1930, Hart Crane, “Ave Maria”, in The Bridge:

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