ore rotundo
Americanadverb
Example Sentences
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Here, of course, we speak of the epic form of the verse, which, as being uttered ore rotundo, is necessarily of considerable difference from the form it assumes in the drama.
From A Dish of Orts : Chiefly Papers on the Imagination, and on Shakespeare by MacDonald, George
The few phrases of Italian which he had appropriated were given forth ore rotundo, with Anglo-saxon emphasis on the o's, and accompanied with large gestures.
From The Emancipated by Gissing, George
They agreed thoroughly about that, and then whenever they could repeat the formula "I get four pounds per week," they did it ore rotundo.
From Missing Friends Being the Adventures of a Danish Emigrant in Queensland (1871-1880) by Weitemeyer, Thorvald
I hear his clear, musical voice, rolling out, ore rotundo, the resounding periods of Homer, or the energetic lines of Eschylus.
From The Genius of Scotland or Sketches of Scottish Scenery, Literature and Religion by Turnbull, Robert
They never speak except ore rotundo, in cothurnus, or sometimes on stilts.
From Amiel's Journal by Ward, Humphry, Mrs.
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