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ROTUND

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does rotund mean? 

ROTUND (adjective)
  The adjective ROTUND has 3 senses:

1. spherical in shapeplay

2. (of sounds) full and richplay

3. excessively fatplay

  Familiarity information: ROTUND used as an adjective is uncommon.


 Dictionary entry details 


ROTUND (adjective)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Spherical in shape

Similar:

rounded (curving and somewhat round in shape rather than jagged)

Derivation:

rotundity; rotundness (the roundness of a 3-dimensional object)


Sense 2

Meaning:

(of sounds) full and rich

Synonyms:

orotund; pear-shaped; rotund; round

Context example:

pear-shaped vowels

Similar:

full ((of sound) having marked deepness and body)


Sense 3

Meaning:

Excessively fat

Synonyms:

corpulent; obese; rotund; weighty

Context example:

a weighty man

Similar:

fat (having an (over)abundance of flesh)


 Context examples 


He had just completed his examination when the hall lights flew up, the door opened, and the owner of the house, a jovial, rotund figure in shirt and trousers, presented himself.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

I have made the acquaintance of another one of the crew,—Louis he is called, a rotund and jovial-faced Nova Scotia Irishman, and a very sociable fellow, prone to talk as long as he can find a listener.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)



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