rondureとは 意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• (Received 発音) IPA^(key): /ˈɹɒndjʊə/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈɹɑnˌd(j)ʊɹ/
• ハイフネーション: rond‧ure

名詞

rondure (countable かつ uncountable, 複数形 rondures)

1. (countable) A graceful curvature or round object; a ring; a sphere.
   • 1609, William Shakespeare, Sonnet 21:

     ... all things rare

     That heaven's air in this huge rondure hems.

   • 1870, Walt Whitman, “Passage to India”, in Leaves of Grass […], Philadelphia, Pa.: David McKay, publisher, […], published 1892, OCLC 1514723, stanza 5, page 318:

     O vast Rondure, swimming in space, / Cover'd all over with visible power and beauty, / Alternate light and day and the teeming spiritual darkness, [...]

2. (uncountable) The quality of being round; roundness.

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