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rotund

ro·tund

UK/ɹəʊ̯ˈtʌnd/ US/ɹoʊ̯ˈtʌnd/ uncommon

adjective

1.

spherical in shape

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2.

(of sounds) full and rich

  • “orotund tones”
  • “the rotund and reverberating phrase”
  • “pear-shaped vowels”
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3.

excessively fat

  • “a weighty man”
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Origin

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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