gyreful en · ADJ
Etymology
From gyre + -ful.
Meanings
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(obsolete, poetic, rare) Moving in gyres, whirling.
Of forayne worlde, on mounte Olimpe / whose carts when they were roulde / With gyrefull sway, by course swyfters, / to winne the glistring branche.
1566, Horace, “The fyrst Satyre”, in Thomas Drant, transl., A Medicinable Morall, that is, the two Bookes of Horace his Satyres […]:Leaf preened by wind takes janty flight, / And gyreful now—now out of sight,
1892 November, Mary V. Agnew, “A Sepia Sketch, with Suggestions for a Thanksgiving Dinner”, in Table Talk, volume 7, number 11, page 381:Theyre labor hoat they folow: toe the flame fits gyreful awarding.
1582, Virgil, translated by Richard Stanyhurst, Thee first foure bookes of Virgil his Aeneis […], page 95:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more gyreful | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most gyreful | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |