orbic
English
Alternative forms
Adjective
orbic (comparative more orbic, superlative most orbic)
- (now rare) Shaped or moving like an orb; spherical, circular. [from 17th c.]
- 1609 (revised 1625), Francis Bacon, De Sapientia Veterum ('Wisdom of the Ancients')
- the body of this orbic frame
- 1930, Hart Crane, “Ave Maria”, in The Bridge:
- The orbic wake of thy once whirling feet, / Elohim, still I hear thy sounding heel!
- 1609 (revised 1625), Francis Bacon, De Sapientia Veterum ('Wisdom of the Ancients')
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