trochilics

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek τροχίλος (trokhílos), from τρέχω (trékhō, “run, move quickly”).

Noun

trochilics (uncountable)

1. The science of rotary motion, or work done with wheels.
   • 1921, Dornford Yates, Anthony Lyveden:

     For setting wheels within wheels, you cannot match Fortune. After all, she has made trochilics her hobby through all the ages.

   • 1648, John Wilkins, Mathematical Magick:

     But for the better conceiving of this invention, it is requisite that we rightly understand some principles in trochilics, or the art of wheel-instruments

References

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

Anagrams

• chloristic, schorlitic