rotund

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ro·tund / rōˈtənd; ˈrōˌtənd/ • adj. (of a person) plump. ∎  round or spherical: huge stoves held great rotund cauldrons. ∎ fig. (of speech or literary style) indulging in grandiloquent expression.DERIVATIVES: ro·tun·di·ty / -ˈtəndətē/ n.ro·tund·ly adv.

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