-ndəd.ē, -ətē, -i noun
( -es )
Etymology: Latin rotunditat-, rotunditas, from rotundus round + -itat-, -itas -ity
1.
a. : the quality or state of being rotund : roundness
the thick rotundity o' the world — Shakespeare
b. : a round mass or object
laid his hand caressingly upon the consoling rotundity of a five-gallon keg — Elinor Wylie
2.
a. : rounded fullness of language
scholars disputing … with leisured rotundity of phrase — R.W.Southern
b. : a rotund phrase
its adorable simplicities compensate even for its Johnsonian rotundities — H.J.Laski
3.
a. : roundness of the body : plumpness
a sparer diet had checked the movement towards rotundity — John Buchan
b. : a rounded part of the body
a cozy creased rotundity between waistcoat and table — Clemence Dane