elliptical

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

adjective rounded like an egg
adjective characterized by extreme economy of expression or omission of superfluous elements; ; - H.O.Taylor

From elliptic + -al, from Ancient Greek ἐλλειπτικός (elleiptikós), from ἐλλείπω (elleípō, “I leave out, omit”).

[45.1] =que.= This =que= is elliptical. — Tres Comedias : $b Sin querer; De pequenas causas...; Los intereses creados, Jacinto Benavente
It was excised with an elliptical incision. — Report of the President's Commission on the Assassination of President John F. Kennedy, United States. Warren Commission
—So we must distinguish between elliptical and ellipsoidal. — A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, James Joyce

egg-shaped, elliptic, oval, oval-shaped, ovate, oviform, ovoid, prolate

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