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Grammar : Noun
Spell : roh-tuhn-di-tee
Phonetic Transcription : roʊˈtʌn dɪ ti



Definition of rotundity

Origin :
  • 1580s, from Latin rotunditas "roundness," from rotundus "round" (see rotund).
  • As in roundness : noun fullness
  • As in fatness : noun overweight
Example sentences :
  • That theory, however, was based upon his belief in the rotundity of the earth.
  • Extract from : « Christopher Columbus and His Monument Columbia » by Various
  • The theory of the rotundity of the earth was not born with Columbus.
  • Extract from : « Christopher Columbus and His Monument Columbia » by Various
  • What is this, then, but a proof of the rotundity of the earth?
  • Extract from : « The Story of Eclipses » by George Chambers
  • It was more like an elephant in bulk and rotundity than any other creature.
  • Extract from : « The World of Ice » by R.M. Ballantyne
  • And his person, too, had the rotundity which the ratepayer demands.
  • Extract from : « Ghetto Comedies » by Israel Zangwill
  • The Dutch by the rotundity of their heads and the weakness of the hair.
  • Extract from : « The World's Greatest Books - Volume 15 - Science » by Various
  • Its eyes were said to have been of the size (and rotundity) of a Macedonian shield.
  • Extract from : « Mythical Monsters » by Charles Gould
  • Lactantius, with the Bible in his hand, ridiculed the rotundity of the earth.
  • Extract from : « The Book Of God » by G. W. Foote
  • The traveller was short, but then his rotundity was prodigious.
  • Extract from : « Travels in Tartary, Thibet, and China » by Evariste Regis Huc
  • There were no angles about him anywhere, nothing but rotundity.
  • Extract from : « The Record of Nicholas Freydon » by A. J. (Alec John) Dawson

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