Associations to the word «Rotunda»

Wiktionary

ROTUNDA, noun. ​ (architecture) a round building, usually small, often with a dome
ROTUNDA, noun. ​ (typography) (frequently capitalized) A Gothic typeface used in early printed books in Northern Italy, based on a rounded script developed in the 13th cent.; the manuscript hand on which this typeface was based

Dictionary definition

ROTUNDA, noun. A building having a circular plan and a dome.
ROTUNDA, noun. A large circular room.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats