Word of the Day:
rotund
What It Means
Having a round, spherical or curved shape; circular; orbicular.
Having a round body shape; portly or pudgy; obese.
Rotund in Context
“Convex preferences may have indifference curves that exhibit “flat spots,” while strictly convex preferences have indifference curves that are strictly rotund.”
Did You Know?
Learned borrowing from Latin rotundus (“round”), from Latin rota (“wheel”), from Proto-Indo-European *Hreth₂- (“to run, to roll”). Doublet of round.
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