rotundnessn.
/rə(ʊ)ˈtʌn(d)nəs/, U.S. /roʊˈtən(d)nəs/ = rotundity n. (in various senses).
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the world > space > shape > curvature > roundness > [noun]
roundnessa1387
rotunditya1513
roundure1600
globiness1611
orbicularness1611
rotundness1727
the world > life > the body > bodily shape or physique > broad shape or physique > [noun] > fat or plump shape or physique > state of having
fatnessc1000
greasea1340
corsiousnessc1440
fleshiness1541
plumpness1545
corporateness1547
fogginess1547
fleshliness1552
corpulency1577
corpulence1581
corsiness1587
fullness1599
obesity1611
pinguitude1623
obeseness1653
aletude1656
portliness1658
eventriqueness1667
rotundity1684
fat1726
rotundness1727
bloatedness1732
embonpoint1751
roundness1763
repleteness1770
plumpitude1828
corporosity1837
stoutness1838
crumb1843
plumptitude1843
roundedness1849
chubbiness1850
adiposeness1868
roundliness1870
buxomness1875
bloat1905
tubbiness1906
poundage1915
overweight1917
endomorphy1940
plumpishness1947
pudge1967
morbid obesity1969
1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Rotundness, roundness.
1839 Western Messenger Aug. 233 The word ‘Church’ comes from his lips with a rotundness, a rolling of the ‘r’, a lengthening of the ‘chs’, which is irresistibly imposing.
1877 J. Farrell Lect. Certain Professor xi. 142 There is a rotundness and a completeness about a system that have an irresistible fascination for minds that imagine themselves philosophic.
1896 Homœopathic News May 188/1 Galileo found the persecution so hot, that he was forced to renounce his belief in the rotundness of the earth.
1930 Morning Herald (Hagerstown, Maryland) 15 Nov. 5/2 Roach's rotundness has won him many comedy roles.
1985 Asian Marine Biol. 2 22/2 In the ovary, the spawning stage resulted in a return to rotundness of the remaining oocytes.
2005 D. McWilliams Pope's Children ix. 131 For practically the entire history of humanity, bar the last ten years, rotundness was associated with wealth.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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