rotund
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rotund
- /ɹəʊ̯ˈtʌnd/ UK
- /ɹoʊ̯ˈtʌnd/ US
Where it comes from
Learned borrowing from Latin rotundus (“round”), from Latin rota (“wheel”), from Proto-Indo-European *Hreth₂- (“to run, to roll”). Doublet of round.
adjective rotunder · rotundest
- Having a round, spherical or curved shape; circular; orbicular. He was a plump little man and we had been walking uphill at a pace—set by him—far too rapid for his short legs. He breathed stertorously, and half the drops which glimmered on his rotund face were not rain but sweat.
- Having a round body shape; portly or pudgy; obese.
- Full and rich; orotund; sonorous; full-toned.
Similar: tubby, resounding
