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angularity|æŋgjuːˈlærɪtɪ|
[f. L. angulār-is angular + -ity.]
1. The quality or state of being angular; the having sharp or prominent corners.
1642H. More Song of Soul iii. ii. xxxviii, What body ever yet could figure show Perfectly perfect, as rotundity Exactly round, or blamelesse angularity? 1646Sir T. Browne Pseud. Ep. 84 Glasse grossely or coursely powdered..by reason of its acutenesse and angularity..excoriates the parts through which it passeth. 1841J. Trimmer Pract. Geol. 173 Volcanic grits are distinguished by the angularity of the particles.
b. concr. in pl. Angular outlines, sharp corners.
1853Kane Grinnell Exp. xxx. (1856) 259 Dried apples become one solid breccial mass of compacted angularities. 1859Owen Mammalia App. B. 84 The shaft of the humerus..is peculiarly rounded..and offers none of those angularities and ridges. 1880Howells Undisc. Country vi. 104 The bold angularities of the fashionable female scrawl.
2. Of personal appearance: Want of rounded outline. Of manner: Want of suavity, crankiness.
1848Dickens Dombey (C.D. ed.) 5 Miss Tox's dress..had a certain character of angularity and scantiness. 1878Seeley Stein I. 310 The angularity and combativeness of Stein's manner. |