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Globose

adjective
1.
Having the shape of a sphere or ball.  Synonyms: ball-shaped, global, globular, orbicular, spheric, spherical.  "Nearly orbicular in shape" , "Little globular houses like mud-wasp nests"






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"Globose" Quotes from Famous Books



... holds Delia from a second bed, Tho' her lov'd lord has four half months been dead. This passion with a pimple have I seen Retard a cause, and give a judge the spleen. By this inspir'd (O ne'er to be forgot!) Some lords have learn'd to spell, and some to knot. It makes Globose a speaker in the house; He hems, and is deliver'd of his mouse. It makes dear self on well-bred tongues prevail, And I the little hero of each tale. Sick with the love of fame, what throngs pour in, Unpeople court, and leave the senate thin! My glowing subject seems ...
— The Poetical Works of Edward Young, Volume 2 • Edward Young



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