Recent Examples on the WebThat orange orbicular droid the company was looking for?—Marah Eakin, WIRED, 28 Feb. 2024 Let’s allow these orbicular fruit-ghosts to finally ascend to the next plane.—Heather Arndt Anderson, Sunset Magazine, 17 Mar. 2020
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Word History
Etymology
Middle English orbiculer, borrowed from Middle French & Medieval Latin; Middle French orbiculaire, borrowed from Medieval Latin orbiculāris, from Latin orbiculus "circular figure, small disk" (from orbis "disk, circle" + -culus, diminutive suffix) + -āris-ar — more at orb entry 1
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