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orbic en · ADJ

Etymology

From orb + -ic.

Meanings

1. (archaic) Shaped or moving like an orb; spherical, circular.
   • the body of this orbic frame 1609 (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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