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orbicularity|ɔːbɪkjuːˈlærɪtɪ| [f. orbicular a. (n.) + -ity. Cf. obs. F. orbicularité (16th c. in Godef.).] Orbicular form or character.
1650Bulwer Anthropomet. i. (1653) 16 These Nations distending the orbicularity of their Heads. 1831De Quincey Whiggism Wks. 1857 VI. 175, I have questioned the systematic perfection—the orbicularity (so to speak) of Dr. Parr's classical knowledge. 1883G. Allen in Nature 15 Mar. 466/2 Intermediate types between these two extremes of entire orbicularity and minute subdivision. |