obrotund

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin obrotundus (“somewhat round”), from ob- (“towards; against”) +‎ rotundus. Analyzeable as ob- +‎ rotund.

Adjective

obrotund (not comparable)

1. (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

• elliptical
• obround

 

References

• “obrotund”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
• “obrotund, adj.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.