orby en · ADJ
Etymology
From orb + -y.
Meanings
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(obsolete) having characteristics of an orb
Their orbye christales moue More actiue than before, And entheate from aboue Their soueraigne prince laude, glorifie, adore.
1623, William Drummond of Hawthornden, Flowers of Sion:It smote Atrides orbie targe; but runne not through the brasse. When, now arraid The world was with the spring; and orbie houres Had gone the round againe, through herbs and flowers.
[1611?], Homer, “(please specify |book=I to XXIV)”, in Geo[rge] Chapman, transl., The Iliads of Homer Prince of Poets. […], London: […] Nathaniell Butter, →OCLC; republished as The Iliads of Homer, Prince of Poets, […], new edition, volume (please specify the book number), London: Charles Knight and Co., […], 1843, →OCLC:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most orby | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more orby | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |