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Webster 1913 Edition


Rotund

Ro-tund′

,
Adj.
[L.
rotundus
. See
Round
, and cf.
Rotunda
.]
1.
Round; circular; spherical.
2.
Hence, complete; entire.
3.
(Bot.)
orbicular, or nearly so.
Gray.

Ro-tund′

,
Noun.
A rotunda.
[Obs.]
Burke.

Webster 1828 Edition


Rotund

ROTUND'

,
Adj.
[L. rotundus, probably formed on rota, a wheel, as jocundus on jocus.]
1.
Round; circular; spherical.
2.
In botany, circumscribed by one unbroken curve, or without angles; as a rotund leaf.