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MOTATORIOUS

\mˌə͡ʊtɐtˈɔːɹɪəs], \mˌə‍ʊtɐtˈɔːɹɪəs], \m_ˌəʊ_t_ɐ_t_ˈɔː_ɹ_ɪ__ə_s]\

Definitions of MOTATORIOUS

1908 - Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary of the English Language

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m[=o]-ta-t[=o]'ri-us, adj. vibratory, excessively mobile--of long-legged spiders and crane-flies, &c. [L. mot[=a]re, -[=a]tum to keep moving, freq. of mov[=e]re, to move.]

1908 - Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary of the English Language
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