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单词 roundheaded
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roundheaded

[ round-hed-id ]
/ ˈraʊndˈhɛd ɪd /

adjective

(of a person) possessing a round head; brachycephalic.
rounded or spherical at the head, as a screw.
shaped like a semicircle at the top, as a window.
(usually initial capital letter) of or relating to the Roundheads, members of the Parliamentarian party in England during the civil wars of the 17th century.
(usually initial capital letter) puritanical (def. 2).

Origin of roundheaded

First recorded in 1635–45; round1 + headed

OTHER WORDS FROM roundheaded

round·head·ed·ness, noun

Words nearby roundheaded

round figures, round file, round foramen, round hand, Roundhead, roundheaded, roundheels, round herring, roundhouse, rounding, rounding error
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  • This is roundheaded and very narrow, but has good jamb-shafts and arch-mouldings.

    Some Account of Gothic Architecture in Spain|George Edmund Street

  • I have some trouble with tent-caterpillars, roundheaded borers, fall web-worm, and curculio.

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  • Vichy Volonsky, a short, roundheaded man, had held up the rest of the issue while he studied the content through his nose-glasses.

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