quaquaversal
/kweɪkwəˈvɜːsəl/
quaquaversal · adj — going off in all directions from the center. It carries an Arena rating of 1569, earned across 15 head-to-head judged battles.
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Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, quaquaversal ranks #219 of 17,163 for Funniest Words, #284 of 17,124 for Most Sublime Words, #919 of 17,142 for Most Ingenious Words, #1,828 of 17,144 for Best Fossil-Poetry Words.
quaquaversal is pronounced /kweɪkwəˈvɜːsəl/.
Why “quaquaversal” is a great word
Directed or sloping outward from a central point in all directions. From the Latin quaqua versus (“turned wheresoever”), from quaqua (“in every direction”) + versus (“turned”). Unlike radial, which suggests orderly lines along specific axes, or centrifugal, which names a forceful motion away from a center, quaquaversal describes a quiet, continuous divergence in three dimensions. It is the gentle, domed back of a tortoise, the subterranean bulge of a laccolith, or the slow unfurling of a nautilus shell seen in cross-section—a patient, omnidirectional surrender to gravity that is not a fall, but nature’s preference for all-sided release.
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Etymology
From Latin quaqua versus (“turned wheresoever”).
adj
- Going off in all directions from the center.
- Dipping towards a center in all directions.
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