dinetical
English
Etymology
From Ancient Greek δινέω (dinéō, “to whirl round”).
Adjective
dinetical (comparative more dinetical, superlative most dinetical)
- (obsolete) Revolving on an axis.
- 1650, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […], 2nd edition, London: […] A[braham] Miller, for Edw[ard] Dod and Nath[aniel] Ekins, […], →OCLC:
- Besides the revolution it maketh with its orbs, it hath also a dinetical motion, and rolls upon its own poles.
References
- “dinetical”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.