armillary

English

Etymology

Early 1700s, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin armilla (“bracelet; armlet; arm ring”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin armus (“shoulder; upper arm”).

Adjective

armillary (not comparable)

1. Resembling a bracelet or armilla; consisting of rings or circles.

Derived terms

• armillary sphere

Translations

consisting of rings or circles

• French: armillé (fr)
• Portuguese: armilar (pt)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Spanish: armilar

References

• “armillary”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.