rondure

Definition

A graceful curvature or round object; a ring; a sphere.

Etymology

Borrowed from French rondeur (“roundness; round object”), from rond (“round”) + -eur (suffix forming agent nouns from verbs).

Example Sentences

• "[…]all things rare That heaven's air in this huge rondure hems."
• "O vast Rondure, swimming in space, / Cover'd all over with visible power and beauty, / Alternate light and day and the teeming spiritual darkness, [...]"