orbicular

• POS: Adjective
• HYPHEN: or=bic=u=lar

CIDE DICTIONARY

orbicular, a. [L. orbicularis, fr. orbiculus, dim. of orbis orb: cf. F. orbiculaire.].

 Resembling or having the form of an orb; spherical; circular; orbiculate.  [1913 Webster]
"Orbicular as the disk of a planet."  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

orbicular, adj. formal 1 circular and flat; disc-shaped; ring-shaped.
2 spherical; globular; rounded.
3 forming a complete whole.

Derivative

orbicularity n. orbicularly adv.

Etymology

ME f. LL orbicularis f. L orbiculus dimin. of orbis ring

ROGET THESAURUS

orbicular

Circularity

N circularity, roundness, rotundity, circle, circlet, ring, areola, hoop, roundlet, annulus, annulet, bracelet, armlet, ringlet, eye, loop, wheel, cycle, orb, orbit, rundle, zone, belt, cordon, band, contrate wheel, crown wheel, hub, nave, sash, girdle, cestus, cincture, baldric, fillet, fascia, wreath, garland, crown, corona, coronet, chaplet, snood, necklace, collar, noose, lasso, lassoo, ellipse, oval, ovule, ellipsoid, cycloid, epicycloid, epicycle, semicircle, quadrant, sextant, sector, sphere, round, rounded, circular, annular, orbicular, oval, ovate, elliptic, elliptical, egg-shaped, pear-shaped, cycloidal, spherical, I watched the little circles die.