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rotund

/rə(ʊ)ˈtʌnd

adjective

1(Of a person) large and plump: her brother was slim where she was rotund...

Two beady eyes set too far apart regarded them lifelessly, head cocked to the side to expose what little neck the rotund man had.
The rotund woman compressed her lips, ‘Secrets must not be shared.’
A short and rotund figure waddled onto the stage.

Synonyms

plump, chubby, fat, stout, roly-poly, fattish, portly, dumpy, chunky, broad in the beam, overweight, heavy, pot-bellied, beer-bellied, paunchy, Falstaffian;

buxom, well upholstered, well covered, well padded, of ample proportions, ample, round, rounded, well rounded, full;

flabby, fleshy, bulky, corpulent, obese

informal tubby, pudgy, beefy, porky, blubbery, poddy

British informal podgy, fubsy

North American informal zaftig, corn-fed, lard-assed

archaic pursy

rare abdominous

1.1Round or spherical: huge stoves held great rotund cauldrons...

The nascent temperance movement, too, is suggested by the rotund whiskey jug placed prominently in the foreground.
Serving pots for coffee retained the tall tapered look of their Arab counterparts, while tea pots retained the squat, rotund shape initially seen in China.
The approached a strange formation in the side of the cliff: a large, rotund tunnel dug deep into the side of the mountain.

Synonyms

round, bulbous, spherical

rare rotundate, spheral, spheric, spherular, orbicular

2(Of speech or literary style) sonorous; grandiloquent.This phraseology is grandiose, rotund and sonorous, but signifies a fatal weakness in Walcott's approach to both Brand and Philip....

So the style becomes more rotund, more rococo, more elaborate.
From sharp treble frenzy arpeggios, to screeching lead runs and rotund chords his playing produces more notes and resonance than three regular players could do on a particularly productive day.

Synonyms

sonorous, full-toned, full-bodied, round, rich, deep, mellow, resonant, reverberant;

magniloquent, grandiloquent, orotund

rare pear-shaped, canorous

Derivatives

rotundity

/rə(ʊ)ˈtʌndɪti

/ noun ...

I wear a size eighteen which, I hasten to add because I want to be clear about the extent of my rotundity, is a US size fourteen.
‘Thank you,’ he said and nearly skipped away, surprisingly sprightly for all his rotundity.
As evidenced by an early case of tuberculosis and a later rotundity, Ben also adopted a somewhat cavalier attitude to his body and its needs.

rotundly

adverb ...

Alfie cuts a fine figure in a rotundly roundabout sort of way, as he sachets and saunters down the high street.
His cats are either rotundly ruminative, as in the picture of the wash-day, or predatory.
The Colombian artist Fernando Botero, famous for his rotundly oversized figures, has donated a collection of works of art worth an estimated $250 million to two museums in his native country.

Origin

Late 15th century: from Latin rotundus, from rotare 'rotate'.

单词	rotund
释义	rotund /rə(ʊ)ˈtʌnd / adjective 1(Of a person) large and plump: her brother was slim where she was rotund... Two beady eyes set too far apart regarded them lifelessly, head cocked to the side to expose what little neck the rotund man had. The rotund woman compressed her lips, ‘Secrets must not be shared.’ A short and rotund figure waddled onto the stage. Synonyms plump, chubby, fat, stout, roly-poly, fattish, portly, dumpy, chunky, broad in the beam, overweight, heavy, pot-bellied, beer-bellied, paunchy, Falstaffian; buxom, well upholstered, well covered, well padded, of ample proportions, ample, round, rounded, well rounded, full; flabby, fleshy, bulky, corpulent, obese informal tubby, pudgy, beefy, porky, blubbery, poddy British informal podgy, fubsy North American informal zaftig, corn-fed, lard-assed archaic pursy rare abdominous 1.1Round or spherical: huge stoves held great rotund cauldrons... The nascent temperance movement, too, is suggested by the rotund whiskey jug placed prominently in the foreground. Serving pots for coffee retained the tall tapered look of their Arab counterparts, while tea pots retained the squat, rotund shape initially seen in China. The approached a strange formation in the side of the cliff: a large, rotund tunnel dug deep into the side of the mountain. Synonyms round, bulbous, spherical rare rotundate, spheral, spheric, spherular, orbicular 2(Of speech or literary style) sonorous; grandiloquent.This phraseology is grandiose, rotund and sonorous, but signifies a fatal weakness in Walcott's approach to both Brand and Philip.... So the style becomes more rotund, more rococo, more elaborate. From sharp treble frenzy arpeggios, to screeching lead runs and rotund chords his playing produces more notes and resonance than three regular players could do on a particularly productive day. Synonyms sonorous, full-toned, full-bodied, round, rich, deep, mellow, resonant, reverberant; magniloquent, grandiloquent, orotund rare pear-shaped, canorous Derivatives rotundity /rə(ʊ)ˈtʌndɪti / noun ... I wear a size eighteen which, I hasten to add because I want to be clear about the extent of my rotundity, is a US size fourteen. ‘Thank you,’ he said and nearly skipped away, surprisingly sprightly for all his rotundity. As evidenced by an early case of tuberculosis and a later rotundity, Ben also adopted a somewhat cavalier attitude to his body and its needs. rotundly adverb ... Alfie cuts a fine figure in a rotundly roundabout sort of way, as he sachets and saunters down the high street. His cats are either rotundly ruminative, as in the picture of the wash-day, or predatory. The Colombian artist Fernando Botero, famous for his rotundly oversized figures, has donated a collection of works of art worth an estimated $250 million to two museums in his native country. Origin Late 15th century: from Latin rotundus, from rotare 'rotate'. Rhymes bund, fund, Lund
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rotund

Derivatives

rotundity

rotundly

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