"round-ear" meaning in English

{
  "etymology_text": "From an allusion to the round pinna of humans, as contrasted to the long, pointed ears common in fantasy depictions of elves, fairies, and similar fictional species.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "round-ears",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "round-ear (plural round-ears)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Fantasy",
          "orig": "en:Fantasy",
          "parents": [
            "Fiction",
            "Speculative fiction",
            "Artistic works",
            "Genres",
            "Art",
            "Entertainment",
            "Culture",
            "Society",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "coordinate_terms": [
        {
          "word": "knife-ear"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1993, Richard Pini, Dark Hours: The Blood of Ten Chiefs, page 296",
          "text": "Even though the round-ear wore a short, loose deerskin tunic, awkwardly stitched and beaded, Bearclaw could tell that the body beneath was almost as slender and fragilely boned as an elf’s, with the exception of the big hands and clumsy feet.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2011, Sam Sykes, Tome of the Undergates, page 22",
          "text": "‘You stinking, cowardly round-ear,’ she snarled, baring her canines at him.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2017, Jon Hollins, The Dragon Lords: False Idols, page 229",
          "text": "\"Shut up, round-ear,\" he barked back. There were a couple of laughs at that. And a few of the elves did look like they thought making a cage of human limbs could be a fun way to pass the time.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A human or half-human."
      ],
      "id": "en-round-ear-en-noun-JKCt2ZE-",
      "links": [
        [
          "fantasy",
          "fantasy"
        ],
        [
          "derogatory",
          "derogatory"
        ],
        [
          "human",
          "human"
        ],
        [
          "half-human",
          "half-human"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(fantasy, slang, often derogatory) A human or half-human."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "derogatory",
        "often",
        "slang"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "fantasy"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "round-ear"
}

{
  "coordinate_terms": [
    {
      "word": "knife-ear"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From an allusion to the round pinna of humans, as contrasted to the long, pointed ears common in fantasy depictions of elves, fairies, and similar fictional species.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "round-ears",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "round-ear (plural round-ears)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English countable nouns",
        "English derogatory terms",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English nouns",
        "English slang",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "en:Fantasy"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1993, Richard Pini, Dark Hours: The Blood of Ten Chiefs, page 296",
          "text": "Even though the round-ear wore a short, loose deerskin tunic, awkwardly stitched and beaded, Bearclaw could tell that the body beneath was almost as slender and fragilely boned as an elf’s, with the exception of the big hands and clumsy feet.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2011, Sam Sykes, Tome of the Undergates, page 22",
          "text": "‘You stinking, cowardly round-ear,’ she snarled, baring her canines at him.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2017, Jon Hollins, The Dragon Lords: False Idols, page 229",
          "text": "\"Shut up, round-ear,\" he barked back. There were a couple of laughs at that. And a few of the elves did look like they thought making a cage of human limbs could be a fun way to pass the time.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A human or half-human."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "fantasy",
          "fantasy"
        ],
        [
          "derogatory",
          "derogatory"
        ],
        [
          "human",
          "human"
        ],
        [
          "half-human",
          "half-human"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(fantasy, slang, often derogatory) A human or half-human."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "derogatory",
        "often",
        "slang"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "fantasy"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "round-ear"
}