orotund

American  

[awr-uh-tuhnd, ohr-] / ˈɔr əˌtʌnd, ˈoʊr- /

adjective

1. (of the voice or speech) characterized by strength, fullness, richness, and clearness.

2. (of a style of speaking) pompous or bombastic.

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orotund British  

/ ˈɒrəʊˌtʌnd /

adjective

1. (of the voice) resonant; booming

2. (of speech or writing) bombastic; pompous

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Other Word Forms

• orotundity noun

Etymology

Origin of orotund

1785–95; contraction of Latin phrase ōre rotundō, with round mouth; oral ( def. ), rotund ( def. )

Example Sentences

By the end, he was rehearsing the same material, pressing “shuffle” on the same orotund playlists, and his work lost much of its consecrating power.

From New York Times

The prose style in the three memoirs alters under the pressure of the changing agenda: the first time pained and urgent, the second subtler and more considered, the last orotund and outward.

From The New Yorker

It is sometimes hard to tell Mr. Trump’s voice from that of Mr. Miller, who suppressed his own orotund speech to capture the president’s more visceral, off-the-cuff style.

From New York Times

For all his orotund pandering, in London he spoke to a half-empty hall.

From Economist

The Sénateur speaks in orotund donations—“I will give you a story,” or “Mon vieux, I have been haunted by a dream” —and is always resoundingly theatrical: “The Sénateur’s chortle had progressed to a guffaw.”

From The New Yorker