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[ roh-tuhnd ] / roʊˈtʌnd / SEE SYNONYMS FOR rotund ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectiveround in shape; rounded: ripe, rotund fruit. plump; fat. full-toned or sonorous:rotund speeches. Origin of rotund1695–1705; <Latin rotundus round, circular, derivative of rota wheel; cf. round1 SYNONYMS FOR rotund2 obese, fleshy, corpulent, stout, portly. SEE SYNONYMS FOR rotund ON THESAURUS.COM OTHER WORDS FROM rotundro·tund·ly, adverbsub·ro·tund, adjectivesub·ro·tund·ly, adverbsub·ro·tund·ness, noun un·ro·tund, adjective Words nearby rotundrottenstone, rotten to the core, rotter, Rotterdam, Rottweiler, rotund, rotunda, rotundity, roturier, ROU, Rouault Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for rotundIf Mike Huckabee runs for president in 2016, he could deliver the Republican nomination to a telegenic, rotund governor. Huckabee 2016 Would Give Iowa to Christie|Ben Jacobs|December 19, 2013|DAILY BEAST The rotund rapper pled guilty to not paying taxes from 2007 to 2008. Bryan Cranston As Lex Luthor, Madonna Tops Highest Paid Celebs List|Culture Team|August 26, 2013|DAILY BEAST Bilbo (like most Hobbits) is supposed to be rotund, and Bilbo is said to be more than 50 years old. ‘The Hobbit’: 19 Changes from J.R.R. Tolkien’s Novel to Peter Jackson’s Movie|Anna Klassen|December 14, 2012|DAILY BEAST Perched next to the officers was a rotund thirty-nine-year-old writer with thick wire-rim glasses named Abbott Joseph Liebling. The Story of the American Journalists Who Landed on D-Day|Timothy M. Gay|June 6, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Washington insider and defiant iconoclast, a rotund blast from the Clinton-era past running as the candidate of radical change. Why the Tea Party Loves Gingrich Despite Suspicions About His Record|John Avlon|December 22, 2011|DAILY BEAST Madame Sendel's rotund checks had collapsed, she looked cross and jaundiced, and more snuffy than ever. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 62, No. 384, October 1847|Various Prosperous old gentlemen pacing home, rotund in their buttoned-up coats, had clear drops at the end of their noses. The House with the Green Shutters|George Douglas Brown The captain's form was dimly discernible against the canvas dodger, extraordinarily huge and rotund. The species which are not so rotund as the others, as D. Perdix, Auct. A Conchological Manual|George Brettingham Sowerby You look in vain among the aviators for a huge, rotund figure. Analyzing Character|Katherine M. H. Blackford and Arthur Newcomb
British Dictionary definitions for rotund
adjectiverounded or spherical in shape plump sonorous or grandiloquent; full in tone, style of speaking, etc Derived forms of rotundrotundity or rotundness, nounrotundly, adverbWord Origin for rotundC18: from Latin rotundus wheel-shaped, round, from rota wheel Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to rotundbeefy, big, broad, burly, chunky, dumpy, elephantine, fleshy, heavy, hefty, husky, obese, overweight, plump, portly, pudgy, roly-poly, round, solid, stout |