round character

round character

noun
a character in fiction whose personality, background, motives, and other features are fully delineated by the author.


Origin:
1925–30
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Round character is always a great word to know.
So is quincunx. Does it mean:
a fool or simpleton; ninny.
an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
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Main Entry:  round character
Part of Speech:  n
Definition:  a complex literary character with fully developed and dynamic traits
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