rotund Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective satellite spherical in shape
  2. adjective satellite (of sounds) full and rich
    round; orotund; pear-shaped.
    • orotund tones
    • the rotund and reverberating phrase
    • pear-shaped vowels
  3. adjective satellite excessively fat
    obese; corpulent; weighty.
    • a weighty man

WordNet

Ro*tund" adjective
Etymology
L. rotundus. See Round, and cf. Rotunda.
Definitions
  1. Round; circular; spherical.
  2. Hence; complete; entire.
  3. (Bot.) orbicular, or nearly so. Gray.
Ro*tund" noun
Definitions
  1. A rotunds. Obs. Burke.

Webster 1913