trochilic

English

Etymology

See trochilics.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tɹəʊˈkɪlɪk/
Rhymes: -ɪlɪk

Adjective

trochilic (not comparable)

(archaic) Of or pertaining to rotary motion or to wheels
- 1605, M. N. [pseudonym; William Camden], Remaines of a Greater Worke, Concerning Britaine, […], London: […] G[eorge] E[ld] for Simon Waterson, →OCLC:
  I am advertised that there is one, which by Art Trochilick, will draw all English Surnames of the best Families out of the pit of Poetry

Translations

Italian: trochilico

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “trochilic”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Anagrams

chloritic

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