A matter of laevorotation solves the mystery in one of Dorothy L Sayers marvellous novels (I won't say which one because I don't want to spoil anyone's fun) but as far as I can remember she doesn't use the word laevorotation once - and if Dorothy L Sayers can avoid it then so can the rest of us.
It means round in a leftwards direction and was coined to describe what happens when you shine light through various chemicals.
In the real world, no one needs it.
If you are a practitioner of ancient magic then widdershins will do.
For the rest of us, then, to speak plainly, anticlockwise will make you look much less of a dork.
Sunday Rest: laevorotation. The Latin laevo- comes from laevus, which means left.
This word is used without shame among chemists, but even then only, surely, when safely disguised in their white coats.
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