“Coffee, the favorite drink of the civilized world.” – Thomas Jefferson, third president of the United States
ROTUNDITY
sphericity, sphericalness, globosity, globularness, rotundity, rotundness
(noun) the roundness of a 3-dimensional object
roundness, rotundity
(noun) the fullness of a tone of voice; “there is a musky roundness to his wordiness”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
rotundity (countable and uncountable, plural rotundities)
The quality of being rotund.
Source: Wiktionary
Ro*tund"i*ty, n. Etym: [L. rotunditas: cf. F. rotondité.]
1. The state or quality of being rotu Smite flat the thick rotundity o'the world! Shak.
2. Hence, completeness; entirety; roundness. For the more rotundity of the number and grace of the matter, it passeth for a full thousand. Fuller. A boldness and rotundity of speech. Hawthorne.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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HYPOTHETICAL
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