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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. round¹

]

—Related forms

ro·tund·ly, adverb

—Synonyms 2. obese, fleshy, corpulent, stout, portly.

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ro·tund Audio Help (rō-tŭnd') Pronunciation Key
adj.

Rounded in figure; plump. See Synonyms at fat.
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

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."

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rotund
adjective
1.	spherical in shape
2.	(of sounds) full and rich; "orotund tones"; "the rotund and reverberating phrase"; "pear-shaped vowels" [syn: orotund]
3.	excessively fat; "a weighty man" [syn: corpulent]