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rotund

Pronunciation:  row'tund

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WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. [adj]  excessively fat; "a weighty man"
  2. [adj]  (of sounds) full and rich; "orotund tones"; "the rotund and reverberating phrase"; "pear-shaped vowels"
  3. [adj]  spherical in shape
 
 Synonyms: corpulent, fat, full, obese, orotund, pear-shaped, round, rounded, weighty
 

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. \Ro*tund"\, a. [L. rotundus. See {Round}, and cf.
{Rotunda}.]
1. Round; circular; spherical.

2. Hence, complete; entire.

3. (Bot.) Orbicular, or nearly so. --Gray.


  2. \Ro*tund"\, n.
A rotunda. [Obs.] --Burke.
 



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