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circumgyratory

circumgyratory adjective: moving in a circle; turning round.

Adjective

circumgyratory (not comparable)

  1. (archaic) Moving in a circle; turning round.
    • The cider-making of New England is far more picturesque; the great heap of golden or rosy apples under the trees, and the cider-mill worked by a circumgiratory horse, and all agush with sweet juice.1858 September 23 (date written), Nathaniel Hawthorne, “September 23rd, [1858]”, in Passages from the French and Italian Note-books of Nathaniel Hawthorne, volume II, London: Strahan & Co., […]...

Origin of circumgyratory

From circum- + gyratory.

Questions about circumgyratory

What does circumgyratory mean?
Circumgyratory means moving in a circle; turning round.
What part of speech is circumgyratory?
Circumgyratory is an adjective.

Words near circumgyratory in the dictionary

  1. circumgyrated
  2. circumgyrates
  3. circumgyrating
  4. circumgyration
  5. circumgyrations
  6. circumgyratory
  7. circumgyre
  8. circumhemispheric
  9. circumhorizon
  10. circumhorizontal
  11. circumhorizontal arc

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