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English Dictionary: rotundity by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
rotundity
n
  1. the roundness of a 3-dimensional object [syn: sphericity, sphericalness, globosity, globularness, rotundity, rotundness]
  2. the fullness of a tone of voice; "there is a musky roundness to his wordiness"
    Synonym(s): roundness, rotundity
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Rotundity \Ro*tund"i*ty\, n. [L. rotunditas: cf. F.
      rotondit[82].]
      1. The state or quality of being rotu[?]; roundness;
            sphericity; circularity.
  
                     Smite flat the thick rotundity o'the world! --Shak.
  
      2. Hence, completeness; entirety; roundness.
  
                     For the more rotundity of the number and grace of
                     the matter, it passeth for a full thousand.
                                                                              --Fuller.
  
                     A boldness and rotundity of speech.   --Hawthorne.
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