Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To gather into a small round mass or globule.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- intransitive verb To gather into a small round mass.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb rare To be collected into a compact
round mass
Etymologies
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Examples
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But President Lester Barton, head of the Memini "conglobulate," is slipping out of control into paranoid delusions, and will soon trigger global disaster.
New Race Joe Sullivan 2010
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Dr. Johnson, the great exemplar of British common-sense, observing in autumn the gathered swallows skimming over pools and rivers, pronounced it certain that these birds sleep all the winter -- "A number of them conglobulate together, by flying round and round, and then all in a heap throw themselves under water, and lie in the bed of a river": how sensibly, too, did he dispose of Berkeley's
Art Clive Bell 1922
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A number of them conglobulate together by flying round and round, and then all in a heap throw themselves under water and lie in the bed of a river. ''
Through the Magic Door Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir, 1859-1930 1907
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If he used the word it is not likely that he said 'conglobulate together.'
Life Of Johnson Boswell, James, 1740-1795 1887
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A number of them conglobulate together [160], by flying round and round, and then all in a heap throw themselves under water, and lye in the bed of a river [161]. '
Life Of Johnson Boswell, James, 1740-1795 1887
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A number of them conglobulate together [160], by flying round and round, and then all in a heap throw themselves under water, and lye in the bed of a river [161]. '
Life of Johnson, Volume 2 1765-1776 James Boswell 1767
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A number of them conglobulate together by flying round and round, and then all in a heap throw themselves under water and lie in the bed of a river. "
Through the Magic Door Arthur Conan Doyle 1894
hernesheir commented on the word conglobulate
I just don't quite know what to think about this word. It initially has good mouthfeel but that big fat glob in the middle lingers just a little too long on the palate for my taste.
December 23, 2010
reesetee commented on the word conglobulate
*snort*
December 25, 2010