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語源 1

From the Late Latin orbiculāris, from Latin orbiculus, diminutive of orbis (“orb”).

発音

• (英国発音) IPA: /ɔːˈbɪk.jə.lə/, /ɔːˈbɪk.jʊ.lə/
• (米国発音) IPA: /ɔɹˈbɪk.ju.lɚ/, /ɔɹˈbɪk.jə.lɚ/
• 韻: -ɪkjʊlə(ɹ)

形容詞

orbicular (comparative more orbicular, superlative most orbicular)

1. Circular or spherical in shape; round.
   • 1731 The Gentleman's Magazine, Weekly Essays in June 1731, Craftman, Sat. June 5, No. 257, "round+robin" p. 238:

     […] the Method used by Sailors when they mutiny, by signing their names in an orbicular manner, which they call a round Robin; […]

   • 1854, Thomas De Quincey, “On Murder, Considered as One of the Fine Arts. Postscript.”, in Miscellanies (De Quincey’s Works; IV), London: James Hogg & Sons, →OCLC, page 76:

     The whole covey of victims was thus netted; the household ruin was thus full and orbicular; and in that proportion the tendency of men and women, flutter as they might, would be helplessly and hopelessly to sink into the all-conquering hands of the mighty murderer.

2. (anatomy, not comparable) Of a muscle, surrounding an opening; compare orbicularis.

派生語

関連する語

• orb
• orbicularly
• orbicularity

語源 2

From orbicula +‎ -ar.

形容詞

orbicular (not comparable)

1. (entomology) Pertaining to an orbicula.

アナグラム

• courbaril