revoluble

English

Etymology

From Latin revolubilis (“that may be rolled back”). See revolve.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɹɪˈvɒljʊbəl/

Adjective

revoluble (not comparable)

1. (obsolete) Capable of revolving.
   • [1611?], Homer, “(please specify |book=I to XXIV)”, in Geo[rge] Chapman, transl., The Iliads of Homer Prince of Poets. […], London: […] Nathaniell Butter, →OCLC; The Iliads of Homer, Prince of Poets, […], new edition, volumes (please specify the book number), London: Charles Knight and Co., […], 1843, →OCLC:

     Us, then, to whom the thrice three year / Hath filled his revoluble orb since our arrival here, I blame not.

     The spelling has been modernized.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “revoluble”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)