trochilic
English
Etymology
See trochilics.
Adjective
trochilic (not comparable)
- Of or pertaining to rotary motion; having power to draw out or turn round.
- Camden
- I am advertised that there is one, which by art trochilic, will draw all English surnames of the best families out of the pit of poetry.
- Camden
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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)
Anagrams
- chloritic