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Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. Resembling a bracelet or armilla; consisting of rings or circles.

Wiktionary

  1. adj. Resembling a bracelet or armilla; consisting of rings or circles.

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. adj. Pertaining to, or resembling, a bracelet or ring; consisting of rings or circles.

WordNet 3.0

  1. adj. of or relating to bracelets

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  • knitandpurl "They had a way of looking all around them, but not in the same time at the same direction, that reminded Brentford of a clockwork armillary sphere and that made him feel dizzy and ill at east just as when they talked very quickly to each other in some language no one understood."
    Aurorarama by Jean-Christophe Valtat, p 399 Jul 24, 2011

  • shadesofinsanity I like this word. :) Would be nice when describing a character's possessions. Apr 4, 2009

‘armillary’ has been looked up 788 times, loved by 1 person, added to 13 lists, commented on 2 times, and has a Scrabble score of 14.