英语词汇rotundity的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	rotundity
词源	rotundity n. "roundness, globular form, condition of being spherical," 1580s, from Latin rotunditas "roundness," from rotundus "round" (see rotund). Earlier "a round part of a bone" (early 15c.), from Old French rotundite. Entries linking to rotundity rotund adj. "round, spherical, globular; rounded out, bulbous," 1705, from Latin rotundus "rolling, round, circular, spherical, like a wheel," from rota "wheel" (see rotary). Earlier was rotound (1610s); rotounde (early 15c.); rotundal (1620s), rotundious (1620s). In reference to a full-toned style of oratory by 1830, after Horace's ore rotundo in "Poetics," from the roundness of the mouth in pronouncing. updated on October 03, 2021
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rotundity n.