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rotundous

rotundous adjective: rotund.

Adjective

rotundous (comparative more rotundous, superlative most rotundous)

  1. (nonstandard) Rotund.
    • When a certain rather rotundous woman and her pack of unkept, candy smeared by products approached our display area, she repeatedly ignored request to keep her children undercontrol, they systematically went from table to table fondling, dripping and smearing different excellent pieces, as they...1998 January 28, Dan Winfield, “Modelling and the unwashed masses - some horror stories!”, in rec.models.scale (Usenet), retrieved 03 May 2022
    • Pi fluttered over to take his rightful place on Phi's rotundous rear end.2003, Tiko Campbell, The Light in the Stones, page 105

Examples of rotundous in a sentence

  • Somebody had to save our boss's rotundous ass.2007, Russel Friend, Garrett Lerner, “Fetal Position” (32:51 from the start), in House, season 3, episode 17, spoken by Dr. Gregory House...
  • Sara was one huge, rotundous belly with one month to go.2008, Megan McCafferty, Fourth Comings, page 65:

Forms of rotundous

comparativemore rotundous
superlativemost rotundous

Origin of rotundous

From rotund + -ous.

Questions about rotundous

What does rotundous mean?
Rotundous means rotund.
How do you use rotundous in a sentence?
Somebody had to save our boss's rotundous ass.
What part of speech is rotundous?
Rotundous is an adjective.

Words near rotundous in the dictionary

  1. rotundity
  2. rotundly
  3. rotundness
  4. rotundo
  5. rotundone
  6. rotundous
  7. Rotunno
  8. Rotunnos
  9. roture
  10. roturer
  11. roturers

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