Citations:orbicular

English citations of orbicular

• 1955 - "'Well, will you look at that,' Aarfy marveled sonorously right beside Yossarian, his plump, orbicular face sparkling with a look of bright enchantment." - Joseph Heller, Catch-22, Chapter 15, page 151

• 1856 - "… I was not unemployed in my profession by the late John Jacob Astor; a name which, I admit, I love to repeat, for it hath a rounded and orbicular sound to it, and rings like unto bullion." - Herman Melville, Bartleby the Scrivener

• 1661 - "The Moon is manifestly like to the Earth in figure, which undoubtedly is spherical, as may be necessarily concluded from the aspect of its surface, which is perfectly Orbicular." - Thomas Salusbury (translator), Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief Systems of the World, First Day.