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obrotund

obrotund adjective: nearly but not completely round; roundish.

Adjective

obrotund (not comparable)

  1. (literary, rare) Nearly but not completely round; roundish.
    • It is a minute, perhaps juvenile shell, ten millimetres in length, obrotund, thin, not nacreous, equivalve, brown, hinge without teeth; foot rudimentary; fixed to rocks by a byssus.1882, George W[ashington] Tryon Jr., Structural and Systematic Conchology: An Introduction to the Study of the Mollusca, volume I, page 268

Origin of obrotund

Borrowed from Latin obrotundus (“somewhat round”), from ob- (“towards; against”) + rotundus. Analyzeable as ob- + rotund.

Questions about obrotund

What does obrotund mean?
Obrotund means nearly but not completely round; roundish.
What part of speech is obrotund?
Obrotund is an adjective.

Words near obrotund in the dictionary

  1. obrogation
  2. obrok
  3. obroks
  4. obroni
  5. obronis
  6. obrotund
  7. obround
  8. obrounds
  9. Obrovac
  10. OBRs
  11. obruption

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