rotund

Meaning

  1. Having a round, spherical or curved shape; circular; orbicular.
  2. Having a round body shape; portly or pudgy; obese.
  3. Full and rich; orotund; sonorous; full-toned.

Pronounced as (IPA)
/ɹəʊˈtʌnd/
Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin rotundus (“round”), from Latin rota (“wheel”), from Proto-Indo-European *Hreth₂- (“to run, to roll”). Doublet of round.

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