Why “circumgyration” is a great word
CIRCUMGYRATION — [Noun] The act of revolving or wheeling around a central point. From the Latin circum- ("around") + gyration, from Late Latin gȳrātiō ("a turning"), from Latin gȳrāre ("to turn, revolve"). First recorded in English 1595–1605. Unlike rotation, which implies a simpler, axial turning on one's own center, or circumvolution, which suggests a winding or coiling path around an object, circumgyration describes the pure, orbital tracing of a circle around an external pivot. It is the formal waltz of a moon around its planet, the wheeling descent of a vulture on a thermal column, and the deliberate, hypnotic pacing of a caged predator around its enclosure—the fundamental geometry of being bound to, yet forever apart from, a fixed and untouchable heart.