rotundon.

Brit.

/rə(ʊ)ˈtʌndəʊ/, U.S.

/roʊˈtəndoʊ/

Inflections: Plural rotundos, rotundoes.

Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item; modelled on an Italian lexical item. Etymon: rotunda n.

Etymology: Alteration of rotunda n., after Italian masculine nouns ending in -o. In sense 3 after French rotonde (see rotonda n.); compare quot. 1827 at rotunda n. 1c. Compare earlier rotunda n., rotund n., and slightly later rotonda n.

1. A circular building, room, or space. Cf. rotunda n.In early use: spec. the Pantheon at Rome (cf. rotunda n. 1a).

ΘΚΠ

society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > building of specific shape > [noun]

quadrangle1596

rotund1606

rotundo1614

camera1633

rotunda1648

tholosc1660

umbrella1680

octagon1767

round tower1790

cone1791

flat-iron1862

tetragon1884

tempietto1896

tetrapylon1904

igloo1956

shoebox1968

the world > space > shape > curvature > roundness > [noun] > circularity > a circle > a circular space

rotund1606

rotundo1614

cirque1644

circus1771

1614 W. Lithgow Most Delectable Disc. Peregrination sig. Q^v The forme of the Quiere wherein it standeth, is like vnto that ancient Rotundo in Rome, but a great deale higher and larger.

1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. viii. 368 The chiefest Mosque..[has] many Iles, Quires, and circulary Rotundoes.

1686 R. Plot Nat. Hist. Staffs. ix. 338 A large Rotundo fenced about with a high wall of brick, opening..against the Front of the house.

1748 tr. N. A. Pluche Spectacle de la Nature VII. xv. 3 Rotundo's, or circular Buildings of Hurdles, covered with Thatch and Rushes, and ending in a Cone.

1766 M. Minifie & S. Gunning Picture I. xxiii. 165 A celebrated lady, who frequents a celebrated rotundo, on the banks of a celebrated river.

1806 T. S. Surr Winter in London II. x. 218 There was a pavilion erected in this garden,..built in the rotundo form.

1845 G. Petrie Round Towers Ireland i. iii. 33 The Persians..may have worshipped fire in rotundos of above 30 feet diameter.

1867 A. J. Evans St. Elmo x. 133 Sometimes the clock in the rotundo struck midnight before she locked up the..illuminated papyri.

1923 Museum Jrnl. Dec. 241 The rotundo was about 125 feet in diameter and consisted of a central area surrounded by a colonnade.

1990 Times (Nexis) 22 Dec. The effect will be scintillating: the glimmering crescent,..the hermitage, the grotto, the perfect elegance of Vanbrugh's rotundo.

†2. A circular form or figure. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > shape > curvature > roundness > [noun] > circularity > a circle

rondelc1300

roundelc1300

circlec1305

compass1340

rondelet1385

cerne1393

burrc1440

orba1460

O1492

O1531

circular1575

rotundo1614

rhomb1656

circumference1667

1614 W. Lithgow Most Delectable Disc. Peregrination sig. B2 Builded in a rotundo, and open at the top, with a large round.

1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. x. 428 The Iland lyeth almost in a Rotundo.

1655 J. Davies tr. M. de Scudéry Clelia I. i. 90 This company came to a great rotundo of Trees, which divides this great Walk of the Myrtles.

†3. A rounded part of the body of a stagecoach. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > cart, carriage, or wagon > carriage for conveying persons > [noun] > parts of > rounded part

rotundo1867

rotonda1874

1867 W. H. Dixon New Amer. I. iii. 35 Cutting off the coupé of a French diligence, and bellying out the rotundo.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	rotundo
释义	rotundon. Brit. /rə(ʊ)ˈtʌndəʊ/, U.S. /roʊˈtəndoʊ/ Inflections: Plural rotundos, rotundoes. Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item; modelled on an Italian lexical item. Etymon: rotunda n. Etymology: Alteration of rotunda n., after Italian masculine nouns ending in -o. In sense 3 after French rotonde (see rotonda n.); compare quot. 1827 at rotunda n. 1c. Compare earlier rotunda n., rotund n., and slightly later rotonda n. 1. A circular building, room, or space. Cf. rotunda n.In early use: spec. the Pantheon at Rome (cf. rotunda n. 1a). ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > building of specific shape > [noun] quadrangle1596 rotund1606 rotundo1614 camera1633 rotunda1648 tholosc1660 umbrella1680 octagon1767 round tower1790 cone1791 flat-iron1862 tetragon1884 tempietto1896 tetrapylon1904 igloo1956 shoebox1968 the world > space > shape > curvature > roundness > [noun] > circularity > a circle > a circular space rotund1606 rotundo1614 cirque1644 circus1771 1614 W. Lithgow Most Delectable Disc. Peregrination sig. Q^v The forme of the Quiere wherein it standeth, is like vnto that ancient Rotundo in Rome, but a great deale higher and larger. 1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. viii. 368 The chiefest Mosque..[has] many Iles, Quires, and circulary Rotundoes. 1686 R. Plot Nat. Hist. Staffs. ix. 338 A large Rotundo fenced about with a high wall of brick, opening..against the Front of the house. 1748 tr. N. A. Pluche Spectacle de la Nature VII. xv. 3 Rotundo's, or circular Buildings of Hurdles, covered with Thatch and Rushes, and ending in a Cone. 1766 M. Minifie & S. Gunning Picture I. xxiii. 165 A celebrated lady, who frequents a celebrated rotundo, on the banks of a celebrated river. 1806 T. S. Surr Winter in London II. x. 218 There was a pavilion erected in this garden,..built in the rotundo form. 1845 G. Petrie Round Towers Ireland i. iii. 33 The Persians..may have worshipped fire in rotundos of above 30 feet diameter. 1867 A. J. Evans St. Elmo x. 133 Sometimes the clock in the rotundo struck midnight before she locked up the..illuminated papyri. 1923 Museum Jrnl. Dec. 241 The rotundo was about 125 feet in diameter and consisted of a central area surrounded by a colonnade. 1990 Times (Nexis) 22 Dec. The effect will be scintillating: the glimmering crescent,..the hermitage, the grotto, the perfect elegance of Vanbrugh's rotundo. †2. A circular form or figure. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > curvature > roundness > [noun] > circularity > a circle rondelc1300 roundelc1300 circlec1305 compass1340 rondelet1385 cerne1393 burrc1440 orba1460 O1492 O1531 circular1575 rotundo1614 rhomb1656 circumference1667 1614 W. Lithgow Most Delectable Disc. Peregrination sig. B2 Builded in a rotundo, and open at the top, with a large round. 1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. x. 428 The Iland lyeth almost in a Rotundo. 1655 J. Davies tr. M. de Scudéry Clelia I. i. 90 This company came to a great rotundo of Trees, which divides this great Walk of the Myrtles. †3. A rounded part of the body of a stagecoach. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > cart, carriage, or wagon > carriage for conveying persons > [noun] > parts of > rounded part rotundo1867 rotonda1874 1867 W. H. Dixon New Amer. I. iii. 35 Cutting off the coupé of a French diligence, and bellying out the rotundo. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). > see also also refers to : rotundo-comb. form < n.1614 see also
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