1. (of a leaf shape) in the form of an ellipse 
2. Rounded like an egg
   - egg-shaped, elliptical, oval, oval-shaped, ovate, oviform, ovoid, prolate 
3. Characterized by extreme economy of expression or omission of superfluous elements
   "the dialogue is elliptic and full of dark hints"
   - elliptical

See also: concise, ellipse, ellipticity, rounded, simple, unsubdivided

Encyclopedia: Elliptic

• out
• out and away
• out front
• out in
• out loud
• out of
• out of action
• out of bounds
• out of breath
• out of doors
• out of gear
• out of hand
• out of it
• out of keeping
• out of line
• out of nothing
• out of order
• out of place
• out of play
• out of practice
• out of print
• out of reach
• out of sight
• out of sorts
• out of stock