angularity

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

English angular

Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-ts

Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts

Latin -itāsder.

Old French -itebor.

Middle English -ite

English -ity

English angularity

From angular + -ity.

Noun

angularity (plural angularities)

1. (uncountable) The property or characteristic of possessing angles.
2. (countable) A sharp point or angle.
3. (countable) A stiff, cranky, crotchety manner or behaviour.
   • 1913, Arthur Conan Doyle, “The Time of Death”, in The Poison Belt […], London; New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC, page 60:

     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.

Derived terms

• equiangularity

Translations

the property or characteristic of possessing angles

• Georgian: სიხისტე (sixisṭe)
• German: Eckigkeit f
• Italian: angolarità f, angolosità f, spigolosità f
• Manx: uillinaght f, cooiljeigaght f
• Portuguese: angularidade f