Resembling or characteristic of a hurdy-gurdy; relating to churning, rotating, or gyrating motions.
From 'hurdy-gurdy,' the mechanical stringed instrument (possibly from onomatopoeia or related to 'gurd' meaning spiral/rotating motion), with '-y' as an adjectival suffix.
The word 'gurdy' preserves a forgotten piece of street music history—hurdy-gurdies were once common entertainment for common people, played by street musicians, and this adjective reminds us of that whirling, mechanical-yet-musical world.
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