roundy
See also: Roundy
English
Adjective
roundy (comparative more roundy, superlative most roundy)
- (obsolete or informal or nonstandard) round; rounded
- a. 1587, Philippe Sidnei [i.e., Philip Sidney], “(please specify the page number)”, in Fulke Greville, Matthew Gwinne, and John Florio, editors, The Countesse of Pembrokes Arcadia [The New Arcadia], London: […] [John Windet] for William Ponsonbie, published 1590, →OCLC; republished in Albert Feuillerat, editor, The Countesse of Pembrokes Arcadia (Cambridge English Classics: The Complete Works of Sir Philip Sidney; I), Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: University Press, 1912, →OCLC:
- her roundy, sweetly-swelling lips a little trembling, as though they kissed their neighbour Death
- 2009, (Please provide the book title or journal name):
- Jenny's nose and cheeks were more roundy and smoothed
References
- “roundy”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
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