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ROTUND
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Excessively fat
Example:
a weighty man
Synonyms:
corpulent; obese; rotund; weighty
Classified under:
Similar:
fat (having an (over)abundance of flesh)
Sense 2
Meaning:
(of sounds) full and rich
Example:
pear-shaped vowels
Synonyms:
orotund; pear-shaped; rotund; round
Classified under:
Similar:
full ((of sound) having marked deepness and body)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Spherical in shape
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
rounded (curving and somewhat round in shape rather than jagged)
Derivation:
rotundity; rotundness (the roundness of a 3-dimensional object)
