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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Word of the Day

16 March 2025

SUSPENDED

(adjective) (of undissolved particles in a fluid) supported or kept from sinking or falling by buoyancy and without apparent attachment; “suspended matter such as silt or mud...”; “dust particles suspended in the air”; “droplets in suspension in a gas”


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Coffee Trivia

The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.

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