volutation means A circular movement; a rolling, wallowing, circulation or rotation. It carries an Arena rating of 1624, earned across 38 head-to-head judged battles.
Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, volutation ranks #148 of 17,142 for Most Ingenious Words, #1,740 of 17,140 for Most Whimsical Words, #3,106 of 17,124 for Most Sublime Words, #3,563 of 17,130 for Most Beautiful Words.
Why “volutation” is a great word
VOLUTATION — [Noun] The act of rolling, wallowing, or turning over in a circular motion. From the Latin volūtātiōn-, volūtātiō, from volūtāre ("to roll, wallow"), a frequentative verb from volvere, volūtum ("to roll"). Unlike "rotation," which implies a smooth, axial turn around a fixed point, or "gyration," which suggests rapid, complex spiraling, volutation denotes a simpler, often turbulent and corporeal tumble. It is the lumbering roll of a bear in damp leaves, the clumsy, joyous tumble of a puppy down a bank, or the heavy, laborious turning of a ship in a trough of waves—the primal, terrestrial orbit of a thing that has abandoned its center.
Etymology
From Latin volutatio, from volutare (“to roll, wallow”), verb frequentative volvere, volutum (“to roll”).
noun
- A circular movement; a rolling, wallowing, circulation or rotation.
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