trochilic

Back-formation from trochilics, from Ancient Greek τροχίλος (trokhílos), from τρέχω (trékhō, “run, move quickly”).

• IPA^(key): /tɹəʊˈkɪlɪk/
• Rhymes: -ɪlɪk

trochilic (not comparable)

1. (archaic) Of or pertaining to rotary motion or to wheels

   trochilic engine

   • 1605, M. N. [pseudonym; William Camden], Remaines of a Greater Worke, Concerning Britaine, […], London: […] G[eorge] E[ld] for Simon Waterson, →OCLC:

     I am advertised that there is one, which by Art Trochilick, will draw all English Surnames of the best Families out of the pit of Poetry

• “trochilic”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “trochilic”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.

• chloritic