armillary

Early 1700s, from Latin armilla (“bracelet; armlet; arm ring”), from Latin armus (“shoulder; upper arm”).

• Rhymes: -ɪləɹi

armillary (not comparable)

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

• armillary sphere

• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “armillary”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.