orbiculateEtymologyFirst attested in 1650; borrowed from Latin orbiculātus, from orbiculus; see -ate (adjective-forming suffix) and -ate (noun-forming suffix).orbiculate means spherical or circular; orbicular Lexicurio rates it Rare gem — a strength score of 78 out of 100.adjspherical or circular; orbicular“Walter Morrison invented an orbiculate dish named the Frisbee in 1955.”nounThat which is orbiculate, especially a solid whose vertical section is oval and whose horizontal section is circular.