orbiculate

First attested in 1650; borrowed from Latin orbiculātus, from orbiculus; see -ate (adjective-forming suffix) and -ate (noun-forming suffix).

• enPR: ôr-bĭk'yə-lāt'
• Rhymes: -ɪkjʊlɪt

orbiculate (comparative more orbiculate, superlative most orbiculate)

1. spherical or circular; orbicular

   Walter Morrison invented an orbiculate dish named the Frisbee in 1955.

orbiculate (plural orbiculates)

1. That which is orbiculate, especially a solid whose vertical section is oval and whose horizontal section is circular.

orbiculāte

1. vocative masculine singular of orbiculātus