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globosity|gləʊˈbɒsɪtɪ|
[ad. late L. globōsitāt-em: see globose and -ity.]
The condition of being globose; roundness, rotundity. Also, a globose or rounded part.
a1657Balfour Ann. Scotl. (1824–5) II. 74 In the globositie therof, to admire his wisdoome. 1662H. More Philos. Writ. Pref. Gen. 20 At which Timidity of mine none can justly wonder that considers how shie the ancient Fathers were of the Globosity of the Earth. 1811Pinkerton Petral. I. 199 When..the figures..are more turgid, and each part disfigured with some globosity, it is probable that they were formed with a little auger or trepan. 1830Examiner 53/1 The Johnsonian globosity of his periods. 1847–8H. Miller First Impr. xvi. (1857) 265 The trunk..wearing all its huger globosities behind. |