rotundity

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English

Etymology

From rotund +‎ -ity, from Latin rotunditas.

Noun

rotundity (countable and uncountable, plural rotundities)

  1. The quality of being rotund.
    • 1929, Robert Dean Frisbee, The Book of Puka-Puka, Eland, published 2019, page 13:
      The captain, `Papa Viggo,´ as he is called among the islands, is a fair-haired man, rather under average height, and with a tendency towards rotundity.