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单词 rondure
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ronduren.

Brit. /ˈrɒndjʊə/, U.S. /ˈrɑnˌd(j)ʊr/
Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French rondeur.
Etymology: < French rondeur roundness (1388 in Middle French), round object (1810) < rond round adj. + -eur -ure suffix1. Compare Middle French reondure roundness (a1390 in an apparently isolated attestation), variant of rondeur (see above). Compare slightly earlier roundure n., earlier rotundity n., roundness n., and later rondeur n.
Roundness; (also) a circle or round object. Cf. roundure n.
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the world > space > shape > curvature > roundness > [noun] > a circle, ring, or sphere
trendlea900
roundnessa1382
compassc1384
rotundity?a1425
rundlea1425
rondure1609
rotundant1661
rotund1729
1609 W. Shakespeare Sonnets xxi. sig. C All things rare, That heauens ayre in this huge rondure hems. View more context for this quotation
1789 J. P. Kemble King Shakespeare's Henry V iii. i. 23 Beat in the rondure of their rampar'd walls, Or tear the lions out of England's coat.1868 R. Browning Ring & Bk. I. i. 2 The rondure brave, the lilied loveliness.1874 J. A. Symonds Sketches Italy & Greece (1898) I. xi. 213 Cherubs clustered in the rondure of rose-windows.1926 W. Frank Virgin Spain i. iii. 75 Rondures of breast and stomach press the lashed silk.1953 I. Brody Gone with Windsors xxviii. 284 The rondure, or the pear shape, of the perfect pearl.1991 N. Rush Mating ii. 102 There was some rondure, but nothing undue at his age or out of reach of the lash of diet and situps.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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