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English Dictionary: rotund by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
rotund
adj
  1. spherical in shape
  2. (of sounds) full and rich; "orotund tones"; "the rotund and reverberating phrase"; "pear-shaped vowels"
    Synonym(s): orotund, rotund, round, pear-shaped
  3. excessively fat; "a weighty man"
    Synonym(s): corpulent, obese, weighty, rotund
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Rotund \Ro*tund"\, a. [L. rotundus. See {Round}, and cf.
      {Rotunda}.]
      1. Round; circular; spherical.
  
      2. Hence, complete; entire.
  
      3. (Bot.) Orbicular, or nearly so. --Gray.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Rotund \Ro*tund"\, n.
      A rotunda. [Obs.] --Burke.
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