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motoric

adj

Etymology

From motor + -ic.

  1. derived from mōtor — “mover; that which moves something”
  2. inherited from motour — “controller, prime mover; God”
  3. suffixed as motoric — “motor + ic”

Definitions

  1. Relating to the motor faculties.

    • The 'movement' was simultaneously emotional and motoric, and essentially autonomous (thus distinguishing it from passive jerkings and other pathology).

  2. Based on repetition of a single note length.

    • In between were the Bang on a Can All-Stars, a contemporary chamber-music group, playing the part of their repertory — drum-driven, motoric, yet by no means primitive — closest to rock.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA