rotund adj

1 spherical in shape

2 (of sounds) full and rich; "orotund tones"; "the rotund and reverberating phrase"; "pear-shaped vowels" [syn: orotund, round, pear-shaped]

3 excessively fat; "a weighty man" [syn: corpulent, obese, weighty]

English

Etymology

From Latin rotundus

Adjective

1. Having a round shape.
2. Round in body shape; portly or plump.
3. In the context of "of a sound": Full and rich; orotund.

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