单词 | globated |
释义 | globatedadj. rare. Formed into a globe, spherical, globular; rounded. Also figurative. Now rare.In quot. 1982 gen.: that disregards instances and particulars. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > curvature > curved three-dimensional shape or body > [adjective] > spherical or globular > converted into or formed like a sphere sphered1609 globated1727 1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Globated, made round or like a Ball. 1787 C. Taylor Surv. Nature II. v. 144 The [tortoise] shell is greatly globated in form. 1821 Gentleman's Mag. Nov. 405/1 The capitals, which are globated, have been greatly injured in fitting up a gallery that extends across the arch. 1869 G. MacDonald Robert Falconer I. xxi. 143 What a full globated symbolism lay then around the heart of the boy in his book, his violin, his kite! 1888 tr. J. E. Renan Hist. People Israel I. 239 He [sc. Jahveh] was the universal rouah under a globated form, a kind of condensed electric mass. 1982 J. H. Boren Fuzzify: Borenwords & Strategies Bureaucr. Success vii. 133 With a globated report, the testifier deals in the orbits of the material given him or her. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1727 |
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