obrotund
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English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin obrotundus (“somewhat round”), from ob- (“towards; against”) + rotundus. Analyzeable as ob- + rotund.
Adjective
obrotund (not comparable)
- (literary, rare) Nearly but not completely round; roundish.
- 1882, George W[ashington] Tryon Jr., Structural and Systematic Conchology: An Introduction to the Study of the Mollusca, volume I, page 268:
- 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.
See also
References
- “obrotund”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
- “obrotund, adj.”, in OED Online
, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
