rotundous en · ADJ
Etymology
From rotund + -ous.
Meanings
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(nonstandard) Rotund.
Sara was one huge, rotundous belly with one month to go.
2008, Megan McCafferty, Fourth Comings, page 65:Pi fluttered over to take his rightful place on Phi's rotundous rear end.
2003, Tiko Campbell, The Light in the Stones, page 105: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 (Hugh Laurie):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 approached my table, I ran interference, I calmly requested that she not allow her children the liberties she had at the other tables.
1998 January 28, Dan Winfield, “Modelling and the unwashed masses - some horror stories!”, in rec.models.scale (Usenet), retrieved 03 May 2022:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most rotundous | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more rotundous | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |