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ˈroundish, a.
[f. round a. + -ish.]
1. Somewhat round.
1545T. Raynalde Byrth Mankynde 25 The backe or outer syde therof roundysshe and smothe. a1608Dee Relat. Spir. i. (1659) 357 They..break up the rock..in roundish lumps as big as a twopeny loaf. 1683Moxon Mech. Exerc., Printing xi. ⁋15 The edges a little Bevil'd roundish away. 1733Tull Horse-Hoeing Husb. xxiii. (Dubl.) 355 The Corner of the Plate..we make a little roundish. 1755Mason Let. to Gray 27 June, Mynn Herr—is of a roundish, squab figure. 1826Kirby & Sp. Entomol. III. xxxv. 600 An oblong and sometimes roundish spot. 1875Buckland Log-Book 34 The mark of the foot is of a roundish form. 1897Allbutt's Syst. Med. III. 80 Some osteophytes are flat and roundish.
2. Comb.
a. Parasynthetic, as roundish-faced, roundish-featured, roundish-leaved, roundish-shaped.
1670Narborough Jrnl. in Acc. Sev. Late Voy. i. (1694) 64 These People are..roundish Faced, and well shaped. 1753Chambers' Cycl. Suppl. s.v. Ranunculus, The roundish leaved ranunculuses. 1836–9Todd's Cycl. Anat. II. 485/2 When they are viewed in an aggregate form, the semblance of roundish-shaped granules is seen. 1881Carlyle Reminisc. II. 35 She was roundish-featured.
b. With adjs., as roundish-deltoid, roundish-obovate, roundish-oval, roundish-ovate.
1828J. E. Smith Eng. Flora II. 263 Leaves roundish-oval, always longer than they are broad. Ibid. 265 Leaves roundish-obovate, serrated. 1847Steele Field Bot. 134 Leaves roundish-ovate, toothed, wrinkled. Ibid. 214 Rachis green, fronds linear; pinnæ roundish-deltoid.
Hence ˈroundishness, ‘the state of being roundish’ (Webster, 1828–32). |