[syn: roundness, rotundity]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Rotundity \Ro*tund"i*ty\, n. [L. rotunditas: cf. F.
rotondit['e].]
1. The state or quality of being rotu?; roundness;
sphericity; circularity.
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Smite flat the thick rotundity o'the world! --Shak.
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2. Hence, completeness; entirety; roundness.
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For the more rotundity of the number and grace of
the matter, it passeth for a full thousand.
--Fuller.
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A boldness and rotundity of speech. --Hawthorne.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
rotundity
n 1: the roundness of a 3-dimensional object [syn: sphericity,
sphericalness, globosity, globularness, rotundity,
rotundness]
2: the fullness of a tone of voice; "there is a musky roundness
to his wordiness" [syn: roundness, rotundity]