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ro⋅tun⋅di⋅ty

  [roh-tuhn-di-tee]
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–noun, plural -ties.
1. the condition or quality of roundness or plumpness, as of an object or person.
2. fullness, as in tone or speech.
3. a full or rounded tone, phrase, or the like: oratorical rotundities.
Also, ro⋅tund⋅ness.

Origin:
1580–90; < L rotunditās. See rotund, -ity
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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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