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- Latin · borrowed fromorbiculātus
- English todayorbiculate
First attested in 1650; borrowed from Latin orbiculātus, from orbiculus; see -ate (adjective-forming suffix) and -ate (noun-forming suffix).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Today it means: spherical or circular; orbicular Full definition →
First attested in 1650; borrowed from Latin orbiculātus, from orbiculus; see -ate (adjective-forming suffix) and -ate (noun-forming suffix).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.