Meanings
nounorbiculation (uncountable)
- uncountableThe state or quality of being orbiculate.
I have obſerv'd upon a Wall - plum (with my most exquisite Glaſſes, which cost me ſeveral thouſands of pounds) at first beginning to turn blue , it comes firſt to Fluidity, then to Orbiculation, then Fixation, so to Angulization, then Chriſtallization[…]
1676, Thomas Shadwell, The Virtuoso
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