Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Somewhat oval; tending to an oval form.

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Examples

  • I had been to Bombay Cafe before, but it was a very long time ago, and since the occasion happened to be that horrible thing that is a homonym for a supremely sweet, dark brown, wrinkled ovalescent Mediterrenean fruit, I chose not to remember it.

    Bombay Cafe - Frankie Goes to Bollywood 2006

  • I had been to Bombay Cafe before, but it was a very long time ago, and since the occasion happened to be that horrible thing that is a homonym for a supremely sweet, dark brown, wrinkled ovalescent Mediterrenean fruit, I chose not to remember it.

    Archive 2006-05-01 2006

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