English Dictionary |
ROTUNDITY
Pronunciation (US): | (GB): |
Dictionary entry overview: What does rotundity mean?
• ROTUNDITY (noun)
The noun ROTUNDITY has 2 senses:
1. the roundness of a 3-dimensional object
2. the fullness of a tone of voice
Familiarity information: ROTUNDITY used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The roundness of a 3-dimensional object
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
globosity; globularness; rotundity; rotundness; sphericalness; sphericity
Hypernyms ("rotundity" is a kind of...):
roundness (the property possessed by a line or surface that is curved and not angular)
Derivation:
rotund (spherical in shape)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The fullness of a tone of voice
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
rotundity; roundness
Context example:
there is a musky roundness to his wordiness
Hypernyms ("rotundity" is a kind of...):
tone; tone of voice (the quality of a person's voice)
Context examples
By this time the gas-bag had swollen to a goodly rotundity and was jerking strongly upon its lashings.
(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Learn English with... Proverbs |
"If a dog shows his teeth, show him the stick." (Albanian proverb)
"Need excavates the trick." (Arabic proverb)
"Anyone who lives will know trying times." (Corsican proverb)