orotund

[ awr-uh-tuhnd, ohr- ]

adjective

1. (of the voice or speech) characterized by strength, fullness, richness, and clearness.
2. (of a style of speaking) pompous or bombastic.

orotund

/ ˈɒrəʊˌtʌnd /

adjective

1. (of the voice) resonant; booming
2. (of speech or writing) bombastic; pompous

Other Words From

• o·ro·tun·di·ty [awr-, uh, -, tuhn, -di-tee, ohr-], noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of orotund¹

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of orotund¹

C18: from Latin phrase ore rotundo with rounded mouth

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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