orbic

English

Alternative forms

• orbical

Etymology

From orb +‎ -ic.

Adjective

orbic (comparative more orbic, superlative most orbic)

1. (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!

Anagrams

• boric, cribo