Meanings
- archaicnot comparableCapable of revolving.
Us, then, to whom the thrice three year / Hath filled his revoluble orb since our arrival here, I blame not.
[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
Origin
- Latinrevolubilis“that may be rolled back”
- Englishrevoluble
From Latin revolubilis (“that may be rolled back”). See revolve.
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