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Synonyms for rotund


Grammar : Adj
Spell : roh-tuhnd
Phonetic Transcription : roʊˈtʌnd

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Définition of rotund

Origin :
  • 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."
  • adj fat
  • adj sonorous
Example sentences :
  • He was a short man, with a rotund stomach and a wheezy voice.
  • Extract from : « 'Twixt Land & Sea » by Joseph Conrad
  • The rotund lady, for herself and the prince, replies in the negative.
  • Extract from : « An Outcast » by F. Colburn Adams
  • Then he touched his most rotund portion with a significant look.
  • Extract from : « A Black Adonis » by Linn Boyd Porter
  • The body—short, plump, and rotund—could be no other than that of the unfortunate Irishman.
  • Extract from : « The Wild Huntress » by Mayne Reid
  • Rusty was humble as ever, but there was an expectant look in his rotund face.
  • Extract from : « The Ghost Breaker » by Charles Goddard
  • While his body was slim in the Asiatic way, his face was rotund.
  • Extract from : « When God Laughs and Other Stories » by Jack London
  • The rotund form of our M. D. is wrapped in the oil-cloth table-cover.
  • Extract from : « The Seat of Empire » by Charles Carleton Coffin
  • This term can only be applied to rotund shells of a light, thin texture.
  • Extract from : « A Conchological Manual » by George Brettingham Sowerby
  • The species which are not so rotund as the others, as D. Perdix, Auct.
  • Extract from : « A Conchological Manual » by George Brettingham Sowerby
  • His name, denoting a lean habit of body, was a misnomer, for he was rotund.
  • Extract from : « An Autobiography » by Elizabeth Butler
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