rotund
/rou'tʌnd/
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Definition
- Adjective:
- Excessively fat; plump: Describes a person who is very round or stout in body shape.
- (Of sounds) full, rich, and resonant: Describes a voice or sound that is deep, clear, and impressive.
- Spherical in shape; rounded: Describes an object that is circular or globe-shaped.
Usage Examples
Describing a person's physique:
- The rotund gentleman struggled to fit into the narrow seat.
- He had a cheerful, rotund face.
Describing a sound or voice:
- The actor's rotund voice filled the entire theater.
- He spoke in rotund tones that commanded attention.
Describing a shape:
- The rotund dome of the cathedral was visible from miles away.
- She admired the rotund form of the decorative vase.
Advanced Usage
- Literary or formal description: Often used in a literary or somewhat formal context to add vividness or a specific tone.
- The mayor was a rotund figure, known for his booming laugh.
- Technical use in phonetics: Can describe specific vowel sounds that are full and rounded.
- The linguist noted the rotund quality of the vowel in that dialect.
Variants and Related Words
- Rotundity (noun): The quality or state of being rotund.
- The rotundity of his figure was matched by the rotundity of his voice.
- Rotundly (adverb): In a rotund manner.
- He announced the news rotundly.
Synonyms
- For physique: Plump, portly, stout, corpulent, round.
- For sound: Sonorous, resonant, full, rich, booming.
- For shape: Spherical, round, globular, orbicular.
Antonyms
- For physique: Slim, slender, thin, gaunt.
- For sound: Thin, weak, reedy, faint.
- For shape: Angular, flat, square.
Idioms and Fixed Phrases
- None directly formed with "rotund": The word itself is typically used as a standard adjective and is not commonly the base for idioms.
Adjective
- excessively fat
- a weighty man
- (of sounds) full and rich
- orotund tones
- the rotund and reverberating phrase
- pear-shaped vowels
- spherical in shape