rotund

[roh-tuhnd] /roʊˈtʌnd/

adjective

round in shape; rounded:

ripe, rotund fruit.

plump; fat.

full-toned or sonorous:

rotund speeches.

Origin

1695-1705; < Latin rotundus round, circular, derivative of rota wheel; cf. round¹

Related forms

rotundly, adverb

subrotund, adjective

subrotundly, adverb

subrotundness, noun

unrotund, adjective

Synonyms

2. obese, fleshy, corpulent, stout, portly.

Examples from the web for rotund

Check the rings carefully and note the rotund point guard.
So if you come across any rotund dinosaurs or whatever, there you are.
As a result, the rotund comic was put to work nonstop, sometimes at the expense of quality.
The corporate fat cats are becoming alarmingly rotund.
Blowups of her heart-shaped face and rotund form would be on display.
All were big, had short arms and were often reconstructed as being on the more rotund and slow-moving side of scale.
He is played by a different actor each time-the first rotund and bumbling, the latest weedy and quiet.
He was a bit rotund, and always dapper in a dinner jacket.
From our resident labor humorists, an elf's tale of a certain jolly-and highly oppressive, morbidly rotund one percent.
No air conditioning or fans are available in the rotund areas, so hot weather use is not advisable.

British Dictionary definitions for rotund

rotund

/rəʊˈtʌnd/

adjective

rounded or spherical in shape

plump

sonorous or grandiloquent; full in tone, style of speaking, etc

Derived Forms

rotundity, rotundness, noun
rotundly, adverb

Word Origin

C18: from Latin rotundus wheel-shaped, round, from rota wheel

Word Origin and History for rotund

adj.

1705, from Latin rotundus "rolling, round, circular, spherical, like a wheel," from rota "wheel" (see rotary). Earlier was rotound (1610s); rotounde (early 15c.). Meaning "full-toned style of oratory" (1830) is after Horace's ore rotundo in "Poetics."