globular

Definition

Roughly spherical in shape; globe-shaped.

Etymology

From French globulaire or Medieval Latin globulāris.

Example Sentences

• ""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.[…]""
• "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."
• "Globular lights, painted a dark green, hang from under the fancy iron eaves, unlit for centuries . . ."

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