angularity
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Etymology edit
Noun edit
angularity (plural angularities)
- (uncountable) The property or characteristic of possessing angles.
- (countable) A sharp point or angle.
- (countable) A stiff, cranky, crotchety manner or behaviour.
- 1913, Arthur Conan Doyle, “The Time of Death”, in The Poison Belt […], London; New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC, page 60:
- It was a brave, good speech, a speech from that staunch and strong spirit which lay behind all the acidities and angularities of the old zoologist.
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Translations edit
the property or characteristic of possessing angles
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