motoric
English
Etymology
motor + -ic
Adjective
motoric (comparative more motoric, superlative most motoric)
- (biology) Relating to the motor faculties.
- 1973, Oliver Sacks, Awakenings
- The 'movement' was simultaneously emotional and motoric, and essentially autonomous (thus distinguishing it from passive jerkings and other pathology).
- 1973, Oliver Sacks, Awakenings
- (music, of a rhythm) Based on repetition of a single note length.
- 2007 May 18, Jon Pareles, “A Tenderhearted Introvert, Crooning in Eclectic Company”, in New York Times:
- In between were the Bang on a Can All-Stars, a contemporary chamber-music group, playing the part of their repertory — drum-driven, motoric, yet by no means primitive — closest to rock.
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Translations
relating to motor faculties
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in music
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Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from German motorisch.
Adjective
motoric m or n (feminine singular motorică, masculine plural motorici, feminine and neuter plural motorice)
- (relational) motor
Declension
Declension of motoric
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | ||
| nominative/ accusative | indefinite | motoric | motorică | motorici | motorice | ||
| definite | motoricul | motorica | motoricii | motoricele | |||
| genitive/ dative | indefinite | motoric | motorice | motorici | motorice | ||
| definite | motoricului | motoricei | motoricilor | motoricelor | |||
References
- motoric in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN