globular en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- (Southern-England) audio
- /ˈɡlɒbjʊlə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /ˈɡlɑbjəlɚ/ (General-American)
Etymology
From French globulaire or Medieval Latin globulāris.
Meanings
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Roughly spherical in shape; globe-shaped.
Globular lights, painted a dark green, hang from under the fancy iron eaves, unlit for centuries . . .
1973, Thomas Pynchon, chapter 1, in Gravity's Rainbow, 1st US edition, New York: Viking Press, →ISBN, part 1: Beyond the Zero, page 4:Podson's globular stare assured any woman that the bargain was sacred. It was solemn, intent, opaque; it was also slightly mesmeric, which is to say that it gave out everything and took in nothing.
1938, Norman Lindsay, chapter XV, in Age of Consent, London: T[homas] Werner Laurie […], →OCLC, page 152:"Nary a spot," interrupted E. R. Coglan, flippantly. "The terrestrial, globular, planetary hunk of matter, slightly flattened at the poles, and known as the Earth, is my abode.[…]"
1906 April, O. Henry [pseudonym; William Sydney Porter], “A Cosmopolite in a Café”, in The Four Million, New York, N.Y.: McClure, Phillips & Co, →OCLC, page 33:
- Comprising globules.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more globular | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most globular | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |
Deriveds
preglobular · unglobular · nonglobular · subglobular · periglobular · globular lightning · semiglobular · globularly · uniglobular · globularism · globularity · microglobular · endoglobular · globularist · postglobular · globularness · interglobular
Relateds
globous · globose · globule · globe
Translations (16)
ca globular (roughly spherical) · hi गोलाकार (roughly spherical) · la globōsus (roughly spherical) · kmr gogî (roughly spherical) · hy գնդաձեւ (roughly spherical) · bg кълбовиден (roughly spherical) · bg сферичен (roughly spherical) · bn বর্তুলাকার (roughly spherical) · fr globulaire (roughly spherical) · pt globular (roughly spherical) · pl kulisty (roughly spherical) · ota یومرو (roughly spherical) · pt globuloso (roughly spherical) · ota طوپاق (roughly spherical) · mi kōpio (roughly spherical) · sv klotformig (roughly spherical)