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
Spry, roundheaded Frank Huckins likes to show up at his office at noon, work until late at night.
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
His good pal was hulking, roundheaded, roaring, witty, Rabelaisian Secretary of State Robert Toombs, great orator and charmer, who had once called Secessionists "bad men and traitors."
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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