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View synonyms for orotund
orotund
[ awr-uh-tuhnd, ohr- ]
adjective
- (of the voice or speech) characterized by strength, fullness, richness, and clearness.
- (of a style of speaking) pompous or bombastic.
orotund
/ ˈɒrəʊˌtʌnd /
adjective
- (of the voice) resonant; booming
- (of speech or writing) bombastic; pompous
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Other Words From
- o·ro·tun·di·ty [awr-, uh, -, tuhn, -di-tee, ohr-], noun
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Word History and Origins
Origin of orotund1
1785–95; contraction of Latin phrase ōre rotundō, with round mouth; oral ( def ), rotund ( def )
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Word History and Origins
Origin of orotund1
C18: from Latin phrase ore rotundo with rounded mouth
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Example Sentences
With the orotund, as well as with the natural quality, all the voice modes previously described may be conjoined.
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Pure voice is usually spoken of as being manifested in two qualities, the natural and the orotund.
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One given to sonorous and orotund phrases would doubtless have coined a most splendid speech here.
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In an orotund voice he declaims to his pupils the mighty revelations that he copied from the book.
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There is a voice of unusual roundness and fulness known as the orotund, which is indispensable to the public speaker.
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