roundy

See also: Roundy

English

Adjective

roundy (comparative more roundy, superlative most roundy)

1. (obsolete or informal or nonstandard) round; rounded
   • a. 1587, Philippe Sidnei [i.e., Philip Sidney], “(please specify the page number)”, in Fulke Greville, Matthew Gwinne, and John Florio, editors, The Countesse of Pembrokes Arcadia [The New Arcadia], London: […] [John Windet] for William Ponsonbie, published 1590, →OCLC; republished in Albert Feuillerat, editor, The Countesse of Pembrokes Arcadia (Cambridge English Classics: The Complete Works of Sir Philip Sidney; I), Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: University Press, 1912, →OCLC:

     her roundy, sweetly-swelling lips a little trembling, as though they kissed their neighbour Death

   • 2009, (Please provide the book title or journal name):

     Jenny's nose and cheeks were more roundy and smoothed

References

• “roundy”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.