Meanings
nounangularity (plural angularities)
plural angularities
- uncountableThe property or characteristic of possessing angles.
- countableA stiff, cranky, crotchety manner or behaviour.
It was a brave, good speech, a speech from that staunch and strong spirit which lay behind all the acidities and angularities of the old zoologist.
1913, Arthur Conan Doyle, “The Time of Death”, in The Poison Belt […], London; New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC, page 60
Synonyms & antonyms
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Origin
Translations
German Eckigkeit
- Eckigkeitthe property or characteristic of possessing angles
Italian angolarità, angolosità
- angolaritàthe property or characteristic of possessing angles
- angolositàthe property or characteristic of possessing angles
- spigolositàthe property or characteristic of possessing angles
Portuguese angularidade
- angularidadethe property or characteristic of possessing angles
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