roundednessn.
/ˈraʊndᵻdnᵻs/, U.S. /ˈraʊndədnəs/ The quality or state of being rounded (in various senses). Also: an instance of this.
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the world > relative properties > wholeness > completeness > [noun]
wholeheadc1450
absoluteness1551
completeness1628
complement1643
impartialitya1716
completion1752
roundness1756
roundedness1849
completedness1862
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
1849 Dublin Univ. Mag. Dec. 725/1 A figure past the age of voluptuous roundedness in bosom and arms.
1868 Ld. Tennyson Lucretius 190 Rosy knees and supple roundedness.
1904 Princeton Theol. Rev. July 541 The discourses have attained a roundedness of development and fullness of apt illustration.
1956 Internat. Jrnl. Amer. Linguistics 22 202/2 It is possible to hear only the distinction between roundedness and its absence for short vowels.
1997 J. Williams Money vi. 142/1 The bold tension of the early calligraphy gives way to a gradual softening and roundedness.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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