revolvencyn.
/rᵻˈvɒlvənsi/, U.S. /rəˈvɔlvənsi/, /riˈvɔlvənsi/, /rəˈvɑlvənsi/, /riˈvɑlvənsi/ Now rare.
Tendency to revolve; capacity for revolution; (also) an act of revolving.
ΘΚΠ
the world > movement > motion in specific manner > revolution or rotation > [noun] > capacity for
volubility1593
verticity1672
revolvency1785
1785 W. Cowper Task i. 372 Its own revolvency upholds the world.
1839 A. Ure Dict. Arts 1033 Revolvency is the leading law in the system of the universe.
1856 C. Dickens Little Dorrit (1857) i. xiii. 151 The hard, rapid manner in which he shot out these cinders of principles, as if it were done by mechanical revolvency, seemed irreconcilable with banter.
1901 Dental Cosmos 43 1358 Some suggestions as to the shape of the burs employed, the direction in which the force should be applied, together with the stroke of the instrument during its revolvency.
1903 Newark (Ohio) Daily Advocate 27 July 4/2 Truth has an Abiding Foundation—Its Own Revolvency Upholds the Earth.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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