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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. the roundness of a 3-dimensional object;
[syn: sphericity, sphericalness, globosity, globularness, rotundity, rotundness]

2. the fullness of a tone of voice;
- Example: "there is a musky roundness to his wordiness"
[syn: roundness, rotundity]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Rotundity \Ro*tund"i*ty\, n. [L. rotunditas: cf. F.
   rotondit['e].]
   1. The state or quality of being rotu?; roundness;
      sphericity; circularity.
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            Smite flat the thick rotundity o'the world! --Shak.
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   2. Hence, completeness; entirety; roundness.
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            For the more rotundity of the number and grace of
            the matter, it passeth for a full thousand.
                                                  --Fuller.
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            A boldness and rotundity of speech.   --Hawthorne.
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