motoric

English

Etymology

From motor +‎ -ic.

Adjective

motoric (comparative more motoric, superlative most motoric)

1. (biology) Relating to the motor faculties.
   • 1973, Oliver Sacks, Awakenings:

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

2. (music, of a rhythm) Based on repetition of a single note length.
   • 2007 May 18, Jon Pareles, “A Tenderhearted Introvert, Crooning in Eclectic Company”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     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.

Translations

relating to motor faculties

• Afrikaans: motories
• Dutch: motorisch (nl)
• Finnish: motorinen (fi)

in music

• Finnish: konemainen (fi)

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from German motorisch.

Adjective

motoric m or n (feminine singular motorică, masculine plural motorici, feminine and neuter plural motorice)

1. (relational) motor

Declension

Declension of motoric

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative/ accusative	indefinite	motoric		motorică	motorici	motorice
	definite	motoricul		motorica	motoricii	motoricele
genitive/ dative	indefinite	motoric		motorice	motorici	motorice
	definite	motoricului		motoricei	motoricilor	motoricelor

References

• motoric in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN