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ro⋅tund

  [roh-tuhnd]
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–adjective
1. round in shape; rounded: ripe, rotund fruit.
2. plump; fat.
3. full-toned or sonorous: rotund speeches.
Origin:
1695–1705; < L rotundus round, circular, deriv. of rota wheel; cf. round 1

Related forms:
ro⋅tund⋅ly, adverb

Synonyms:
2. obese, fleshy, corpulent, stout, portly.
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ro·tund   (rō-tŭnd')   
adj.  
  1. Rounded in figure; plump. See Synonyms at fat.
  2. Having a full, rich sound; sonorous.

[Latin rotundus; see ret- in Indo-European roots.]
ro·tun'di·ty, ro·tund'ness n., ro·tund'ly adv.
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Rotund

Ro*tund"\, a. [L. rotundus. See Round, and cf. Rotunda.]

1. Round; circular; spherical.

2. Hence, complete; entire.

3. (Bot.) Orbicular, or nearly so. --Gray.

Rotund

Ro*tund"\, n. A rotunda. [Obs.] --Burke.
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Language Translation for : rotund
Spanish: circular,
German: kreisrund,
Japanese: 円形の
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rotund 
1705, from L. rotundus "round, circular, like a wheel," from rota "wheel" (see rotary). Meaning "full-toned style of oratory" (1830) is after Horace's ore rotundo in "Poetics."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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