Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

circumgyrate

/ˌsɝ.kəmˈd͡ʒaɪ.ɹeɪt/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: cir-cum-gy-rate
IPA: /ˌsɝ.kəmˈd͡ʒaɪ.ɹeɪt/

22

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

4

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To move around something.

Intransitive verb

verb

To cause to move around something; to cause to orbit.

Transitive verb

verb

To turn in a circle around an axis or fixed point.

Intransitive verb

verb

To cause to turn in a circle around an axis or fixed point.

Transitive verb

verb

To make circuits (around an area or space).

Intransitive verb

verb

To be formed into a bent or curved shape (around something).

Intransitive verb

verb

To form into a bent or curved shape.

Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"Only an incident in the sun’s system is eight small potatoes, called planets, circumgyrating at distances from 36 million to 2,791 million miles from the central sun."
"Volyendesta is a watery planet, with a large, rapidly circumgyrating moon afflicting its inhabitants with a vast variety of unstable moods […]"
"The soul about it self circumgyrates Her various forms,"
"Indirect power is the same as that which is sometimes called directive power or potestas directiva. For the word “direct,” one day, got up and turned its back upon itself. Its meaning has circumgyrated."
"[…] a wheel, when circumgyrated upon its Axe, is sensibly moved, but not removed from one place to another."
"[…] the one who impressed me most [was] a rumba dancer […] known for dancing to the rhythm of Cuban drums in a bikini with silver fringes while somehow circumgyrating at variable and independent speeds, each of her enormous tits […]"

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin circumgȳrō; equivalent to circum- + gyrate.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: circum
Root: circumgȳrō

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˌsɝ.kəmˈd͡ʒaɪ.ɹeɪt/
British English: /ˌsə.kəmˈdʒaɪ.ɹeɪt/

Usage

Inflected Forms

circumgyrates (present, singular) circumgyrating (participle, present) circumgyrated (participle, past) circumgyrated (past) circumgyre (alternative)

Frequently Paired Words

circumgyration circumgyratory

Synonyms

orbit revolve rotate spin contort twine twist wreathe

Questions

How do you pronounce circumgyrate?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˌsɝ.kəmˈd͡ʒaɪ.ɹeɪt/.
What does circumgyrate mean?: To move around something.
Where does circumgyrate come from?: Borrowed from Medieval Latin circumgȳrō; equivalent to circum- + gyrate.

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