rotundifyv.

Brit.

/rə(ʊ)ˈtʌndᵻfʌɪ/, U.S.

/roʊˈtəndəˌfaɪ/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: rotund adj., -ify suffix.

Etymology: < rotund adj. + -ify suffix. With sense 2 compare earlier rotund v.

rare.

†1. intransitive. Perhaps: to speak grandiloquently or pompously. Cf. rotund adj. 2. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > ornateness > use ornate language [verb (intransitive)] > use lofty or grandiloquent style

tragedize1755

tragicize1840

rotundify1841

1841 C. G. F. Gore Cecil, Peer II. i. 14 I saw him beginning to puff and blow and rotundify into the official ox.

2. transitive. To make rotund (in various senses).

ΚΠ

1872 Zozimus 10 Aug. 145/1 The breezes of bog perhaps..have simultaneously thickened and rotundified the former happy composition of my voice.

1969 Mathematische Annalen 182 249 On the other hand, there are nonseparable spaces which cannot be rotundified.

Derivatives

† rotundifying adj. Obsolete that makes a person rotund; fattening.

ΚΠ

1847 Proc. New Jersey Hist. Soc. 1 157 The name [sc. ‘mush’] cannot alter the flavor, nor the rotundifying properties of the article.

1862 M. B. Betham-Edwards John & I III. Concl. 314 Sausages..oleaginous and rotundifying.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	rotundify
释义	rotundifyv. Brit. /rə(ʊ)ˈtʌndᵻfʌɪ/, U.S. /roʊˈtəndəˌfaɪ/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: rotund adj., -ify suffix. Etymology: < rotund adj. + -ify suffix. With sense 2 compare earlier rotund v. rare. †1. intransitive. Perhaps: to speak grandiloquently or pompously. Cf. rotund adj. 2. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > ornateness > use ornate language [verb (intransitive)] > use lofty or grandiloquent style tragedize1755 tragicize1840 rotundify1841 1841 C. G. F. Gore Cecil, Peer II. i. 14 I saw him beginning to puff and blow and rotundify into the official ox. 2. transitive. To make rotund (in various senses). ΚΠ 1872 Zozimus 10 Aug. 145/1 The breezes of bog perhaps..have simultaneously thickened and rotundified the former happy composition of my voice. 1969 Mathematische Annalen 182 249 On the other hand, there are nonseparable spaces which cannot be rotundified. Derivatives † rotundifying adj. Obsolete that makes a person rotund; fattening. ΚΠ 1847 Proc. New Jersey Hist. Soc. 1 157 The name [sc. ‘mush’] cannot alter the flavor, nor the rotundifying properties of the article. 1862 M. B. Betham-Edwards John & I III. Concl. 314 Sausages..oleaginous and rotundifying. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1841
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