Gyreful

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Moving in gyres, whirling. obsolete, poetic, rare

    "Of forayne worlde, on mounte Olimpe / whose carts when they were roulde / With gyrefull sway, by course swyfters, / to winne the glistring branche."

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"Of forayne worlde, on mounte Olimpe / whose carts when they were roulde / With gyrefull sway, by course swyfters, / to winne the glistring branche."

Etymology

From gyre + -ful.

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