rotund Definition

rotund
adj

1. chiefly bot.zool.
Round or rounded in form; nearly spherical.
Thesaurus: round, rounded, circular, spherical, spheric, global, bulbous, orbicular; Antonym: flat.
2. Said of a person, part of the body, etc: plump.

Thesaurus: plump, corpulent, stocky, portly, stout, thickset, burly, chubby, pudgy, chunky, bloated; Antonym: slender, trim, thin, svelte, lean.
3. Said of speech, language, etc: impressive or grandiloquent.

Thesaurus: resonant, vibrant, mellifluous, sonorous, rich, grandiloquent.

Derivative: rotundity

Someone or something that is rotund.

Roundness.

Derivative: rotundly
adverb

Etymology: 15c: from Latin rotundus, from rota a wheel.