• Motoric

    Origin

    motor + -ic

    Full definition of motoric

    Adjective

    motoric

    1. (biology) Relating to the motor faculties.
    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 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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