Dictionary

roundish en · ADJ

Etymology

Etymology tree English round Proto-Indo-European *-iskos Proto-Germanic *-iskaz Proto-West Germanic *-isk Old English -isċ Middle English -isch English -ish English roundish From round + -ish.

Meanings

1. Somewhat round.
   • Leaflets 9-11, roundish, of a firm texture, the lowest pair smaller than the rest, glaucous. 1820, John Lindley, Rosarum Monographia; Or, A Botanical History of Roses, page 42:
   • A doorknob of whatever roundish shape is effectively a continuum of levers, with the axis of the latching mechanism—known as the spindle—being the fulcrum about which the turning takes place. 2012 March 14, Henry Petroski, “Opening Doors”, in American Scientist, volume 100, number 2, pages 112–3:

Forms

Deriveds

roundishly · roundishness

Translations (5)

hu kerekded (somewhat round) · hy կլորավուն (somewhat round) · de rundlich (somewhat round) · pl okrągławy (somewhat round) · fi pyöreähkö (somewhat round)