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revolvency

revolvency noun: the fact or act of revolving; capacity for revolution.

Noun

revolvency (uncountable)

  1. (archaic) The fact or act of revolving; capacity for revolution.
    • Constant rotation of th' unwearied wheel / That nature rides upon maintains her health […] / Its own revolvency upholds the world.1785, William Cowper, The Task, Book I, l. 372

Origin of revolvency

From revolve + -ency.

Questions about revolvency

What does revolvency mean?
Revolvency means the fact or act of revolving; capacity for revolution.
What part of speech is revolvency?
Revolvency is a noun.

Words near revolvency in the dictionary

  1. revolve around
  2. revolved
  3. revolved around
  4. revolvement
  5. revolvements
  6. revolvency
  7. revolver
  8. revolver flower
  9. revolver flowers
  10. revolvered
  11. revolverman

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