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English
Etymology
Back-formation from gyration[1] + English -ate (suffix meaning ‘to act ’). Gyration is derived from gyre (“to spin around; to gyrate, to whirl; (rare) to make (something) spin or whirl around; to spin, to whirl”) + -ation (suffix indicating actions or processes).[2] Gyre is from Late Middle English giren (“to turn (something) away; to cause (something) to revolve or rotate; to travel in a circle”),[3] from Old French girer (“to turn”), and directly from its etymon Latin gȳrāre,[4] the present active infinitive of gȳrō (“to turn in a circle, rotate; to circle or revolve around”) (from gȳrus (“circle; circular motion; circuit, course”), from Ancient Greek γῦρος (gûros, “a circle, a ring”), from Proto-Indo-European *gew- (“to bend; to curve”)) + -ō (suffix forming regular first-conjugation verbs).
Pronunciation
Verb
gyrate (third-person singular simple present gyrates, present participle gyrating, simple past and past participle gyrated)
- (intransitive) To revolve round a central point; to move spirally about an axis, as a tornado.
The stripper gyrated sexily around a pole.
Translations
to revolve round a central point; to move spirally about an axis, as a tornado
— see also revolve
Adjective
gyrate (comparative more gyrate, superlative most gyrate)
- (biology) Having coils or convolutions.
Translations
having coils or convolutions
References
- ^ “gyrate, v.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
- ^ “gyration, n.”, in OED Online , Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, December 2020; “gyration, n.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022; Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “gyration”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
- ^ “ǧīren, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
- ^ Compare “gyrate, v.”, in OED Online , Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, September 2019; and “gyre, v.”, in OED Online , Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, December 2020; “gyre, v.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
Latin
Verb
gȳrāte
- second-person plural present active imperative of gȳrō