roundheaded
Americanadjective
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(of a person) possessing a round head; brachycephalic.
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rounded or spherical at the head, as a screw.
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shaped like a semicircle at the top, as a window.
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(usually initial capital letter) of or relating to the Roundheads, members of the Parliamentarian party in England during the civil wars of the 17th century.
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(usually initial capital letter) puritanical.
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Twenty-five of the nails were headless and deliberately bent at right angles; the others were complete roundheaded nails with the shanks twisted multiple times.
From New York Times ● Mar. 25, 2023
A beefy, full-bellied, roundheaded Philadelphian, Lawyer Johnson once earned a $50,000 fee for scrawling the word "No" across the front of a bulky, corporate financing plan.
From Time Magazine Archive
The Lektro-Shaver differs by being roundheaded, with a single horizontal slot in which whiskers are sheared off by a blade in rocking motion.
From Time Magazine Archive
Short, roundheaded Feuermann not only drew a powerful, well-modulated tone from his recalcitrant instrument, he could play it with a rippling facility that put most violinists to shame.
From Time Magazine Archive
Chamberlain knew one to speak to: a silent roundheaded man with a white wife, a farmer, living far out of town, without fhends.
From "The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War" by Michael Shaara
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