orbic

English

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Etymology

From Latin orbicus, or orbitus, from orbis (“orb”).

Adjective

orbic (comparative more orbic, superlative most orbic)

  1. spherical; orbicular; circular
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Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for orbic in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

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