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Rotund

//ɹoʊˈtʌnd// adj

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Having a round, spherical or curved shape; circular; orbicular.

    "He was a plump little man and we had been walking uphill at a pace—set by him—far too rapid for his short legs. He breathed stertorously, and half the drops which glimmered on his rotund face were not rain but sweat."

  2. 2
    Having a round body shape; portly or pudgy; obese.
  3. 3
    Full and rich; orotund; sonorous; full-toned.
Adjective
  1. 1
    excessively fat wordnet
  2. 2
    (of sounds) full and rich wordnet
  3. 3
    spherical in shape wordnet

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin rotundus (“round”), from Latin rota (“wheel”), from Proto-Indo-European *Hreth₂- (“to run, to roll”). Doublet of round.

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