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roundheaded [round-hed-id] ExamplesWord Origin adjective
- (of a person) possessing a round head; brachycephalic.
- rounded or spherical at the head, as a screw.
- shaped like a semicircle at the top, as a window.
- (usually initial capital letter) of or relating to the Roundheads, members of the Parliamentarian party in England during the civil wars of the 17th century.
- (usually initial capital letter) puritanical(def 2).
Origin of roundheaded First recorded in 1635–45; round1 + headed Related formsround·head·ed·ness, noun Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019 Examples from the Web for roundheaded Historical Examples of roundheaded
I have some trouble with tent-caterpillars, roundheaded borers, fall web-worm, and curculio.
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Vichy Volonsky, a short, roundheaded man, had held up the rest of the issue while he studied the content through his nose-glasses.
Ralph Bennitt
This is roundheaded and very narrow, but has good jamb-shafts and arch-mouldings.
Some Account of Gothic Architecture in Spain
George Edmund Street
