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rotund (adjective), rotunder, rotundest
1. Referring to anyone who is plump and thickset: The little rotund man was usually asked to play Santa Claus every year at Christmas.
2. Characterizing something which is spherical or round in shape: Jane put the flowers into the large rotund vase in the living room.
3. Descriptive of a full and rich or sonorous sound when speaking or writing; grandiloquent: The master of ceremonies had a wonderful rotund voice when announcing the soloists for the concert.
4. Etymology or word origin: from Latin phrase ore rotundo, "a round mouth."
Referring to being overweight.
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Conveying someone who is abnormally large because of being plumpy.
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