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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (3)

1. spherical in shape;

2. (of sounds) full and rich;
- Example: "orotund tones"
- Example: "the rotund and reverberating phrase"
- Example: "pear-shaped vowels"
[syn: orotund, rotund, round, pear-shaped]

3. excessively fat;
- Example: "a weighty man"
[syn: corpulent, obese, weighty, rotund]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Rotund \Ro*tund"\, n.
   A rotunda. [Obs.] --Burke.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Rotund \Ro*tund"\, a. [L. rotundus. See Round, and cf.
   Rotunda.]
   1. Round; circular; spherical.
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   2. Hence, complete; entire.
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   3. (Bot.) orbicular, or nearly so. --Gray.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

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