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   Ro·tund

   /rōˈtənd/

   

   adjective

   • 1. (of a person) plump: "her brother was slim where she was rotund" Similar plumpchubbyfatstoutroly-polyfattishportlydumpychunkybroad in the beamoverweightheavypot-belliedbeer-belliedpaunchyFalstaffianbuxomwell upholsteredwell coveredwell paddedof ample proportionsampleroundroundedwell roundedfullflabbyfleshybulkycorpulentobeseinformal:tubbypudgybeefyporkyblubberypoddypodgyfubsylard-arsedzaftigcorn-fedarchaic:pursyrare:abdominousOpposite thinslenderskinny
   • ▪ round or spherical: "huge stoves held great rotund cauldrons" Similar roundbulboussphericalrare:rotundatespheralsphericspherularorbicular
   • 2. (of speech or literary style) indulging in grandiloquent expression. Similar sonorousfull-tonedfull-bodiedroundrichdeepmellowresonantreverberantmagniloquentgrandiloquentorotundrare:pear-shapedcanorousOpposite thinreedy

   Word Origin late 15th century: from Latin rotundus, from rotare ‘rotate’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. rotundity noun
   • 2. rotundly adverb

   Scrabble Points: 7

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