Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

obrotund

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: obro-tund
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Nearly but not completely round; roundish.

Literary

Example Sentences

"It is a minute, perhaps juvenile shell, ten millimetres in length, obrotund, thin, not nacreous, equivalve, brown, hinge without teeth; foot rudimentary; fixed to rocks by a byssus."

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin obrotundus (“somewhat round”), from ob- (“towards; against”) + rotundus. Analyzeable as ob- + rotund.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: ob-

Usage

Literary

Frequently Paired Words

elliptical obround

Questions

What does obrotund mean?: Nearly but not completely round; roundish.
Where does obrotund come from?: Borrowed from Latin obrotundus (“somewhat round”), from ob- (“towards; against”) + rotundus. Analyzeable as ob- + rotund.

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