roundheaded

roundheaded
roundheadedness, n.
/rownd"hed"id/, adj.
1. (of a person) possessing a round head; brachycephalic.
2. rounded or spherical at the head, as a screw.
3. shaped like a semicircle at the top, as a window.
4. (usually cap.) of or pertaining to the Roundheads.
5. (usually cap.) puritanical (def. 2).
[1635-45; ROUND1 + HEADED]

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