ore rotundo
Americanadverb
Example Sentences
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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 George Gissing
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 George MacDonald
If there was this difference between the Aberdeen and the Forfar dialect, how much greater must be that difference when contrasted with the ore rotundo language of an English southern dignitary.
From Reminiscences of Scottish Life and Character by Edward Bannerman Ramsay
Augusta had just been unfolding that part of her story which dealt with the important document tattooed upon her shoulders, to which Lady Holmhurst had listened "ore rotundo."
From Mr. Meeson's Will by Henry Rider Haggard
Unlike the Italian, which is thrown out, ore rotundo, directly from the chest, the English language is spoken from the throat, and, in general, also with the mouth nearly closed.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 54, No. 333, July 1843 by Various
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