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English
Etymology
From motor + -ic.
Adjective
motoric (comparative more motoric, superlative most motoric)
- (biology) Relating to the motor faculties.
1973, Oliver Sacks, Awakenings:The 'movement' was simultaneously emotional and motoric, and essentially autonomous (thus distinguishing it from passive jerkings and other pathology).
- (music, of a rhythm) Based on repetition of a single note length.
2007 May 18, Jon Pareles, “A Tenderhearted Introvert, Crooning in Eclectic Company”, in New York Times:In between were the Bang on a Can All-Stars, a contemporary chamber-music group, playing the part of their repertory — drum-driven, motoric, yet by no means primitive — closest to rock.
Translations
relating to motor faculties
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from German motorisch.
Adjective
motoric m or n (feminine singular motorică, masculine plural motorici, feminine and neuter plural motorice)
- (relational) motor
Declension
References
- motoric in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN