rotund

adj

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

1. 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; portly or pudgy; obese.
3. Full and rich; orotund; sonorous; full-toned.