revoluble

English

Etymology

From Latin revolubilis (“that may be rolled back”). See revolve.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɹɪˈvɒljʊbəl/

Adjective

revoluble (not comparable)

1. (archaic) Capable of revolving.
   • [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:

     Us, then, to whom the thrice three year / Hath filled his revoluble orb since our arrival here, I blame not.

     The spelling has been modernized.

References

• “revoluble”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.