revolvency

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From revolve +‎ -ency.

Noun[edit]

revolvency (uncountable)

  1. (now rare) The fact or act of revolving; capacity for revolution. [from 18th c.]
    • 1785, William Cowper, The Task, Book I, l. 372:
      Constant rotation of th' unwearied wheel / That nature rides upon maintains her health […] / Its own revolvency upholds the world.
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