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round-shouldered, a.
[round a. 16.]
Of persons: Having round shoulders; round-backed.
1586Wynkfeilde in Trial, etc. Mary Q. of Scots (1889) 2 Y⊇ Q. of S. being of stature tall and bodie corpulent, round shouldered. 1682Lond. Gaz. No. 1737/4 A middle sized man, a little round shouldered. 1753Hanway Trav. (1762) II. xvi. i. 437 note, The oriental people generally are round-shouldered, arising from their manner of sitting. 1825J. Neal Bro. Jonathan I. 191 He stood..regarding his vulgar..round-shouldered brother opposite. 1865Dickens Mut. Fr. i. v, A broad, round-shouldered, one-sided old fellow in mourning.
transf.1895Rider Haggard Heart of the World xiv, To the right and left of us the huge, round-shouldered mountains stretched in a majestic sweep. 1950H. L. Lorimer Homer & Monuments v. 262 Here the round-shouldered short-tanged blade [of a sword] which alone was found at Arkalochon is in the majority, but side by side with it a more serviceable type is developed.
Hence round-ˈshoulderedness, the state or quality of having round shoulders.
1940S. Spender Backward Son 14 References to..his round-shoulderedness. |