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rotund

adj
/ɹəʊ̯ˈtʌnd/UK/ɹoʊ̯ˈtʌnd/US

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin rotundus (“round”), from Latin rota (“wheel”), from Proto-Indo-European *Hreth₂- (“to run, to roll”). Doublet of round.

  1. derived from *Hreth₂-✻
  2. derived from rota
  3. learned borrowing from rotundus — “round”

Definitions

  1. Having a round, spherical or curved shape

    Having a round, spherical or curved shape; circular; orbicular.

    • He was a plump little man and we had been walking uphill at a pace—set by him—far too rapid for his short legs. He breathed stertorously, and half the drops which glimmered on his rotund face were not rain but sweat.
    • Convex preferences may have indifference curves that exhibit “flat spots,” while strictly convex preferences have indifference curves that are strictly rotund.

  2. Having a round body shape

    Having a round body shape; portly or pudgy; obese.

  3. Full and rich

    Full and rich; orotund; sonorous; full-toned.

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Derived

obrotund, rotundation, rotunded, rotundity, rotundly, rotundness, rotundous, semirotund, subrotund, unrotund

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at rotund. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at rotund. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

10 hops · closes at rotund

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA