Synonyms for rotund
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : roh-tuhnd |
| Phonetic Transcription : roʊˈtʌnd |
Top 10 synonyms for rotund Other synonyms for the word rotund
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
- 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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