orotund
(of the voice or speech) characterized by strength, fullness, richness, and clearness.
(of a style of speaking) pompous or bombastic.
Origin of orotund
1Other words from orotund
- o·ro·tun·di·ty [awr-uh-tuhn-di-tee, ohr-], /ˌɔr əˈtʌn dɪ ti, ˌoʊr-/, noun
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How to use orotund in a sentence
With the orotund, as well as with the natural quality, all the voice modes previously described may be conjoined.
The Ontario Readers: The High School Reader, 1886 | Ministry of EducationPure voice is usually spoken of as being manifested in two qualities, the natural and the orotund.
The Ontario Readers: The High School Reader, 1886 | Ministry of EducationOne given to sonorous and orotund phrases would doubtless have coined a most splendid speech here.
Sundry Accounts | Irvin S. CobbIn an orotund voice he declaims to his pupils the mighty revelations that he copied from the book.
The Vitalized School | Francis B. PearsonThere is a voice of unusual roundness and fulness known as the orotund, which is indispensable to the public speaker.
Talks on Talking | Grenville Kleiser
British Dictionary definitions for orotund
/ (ˈɒrəʊˌtʌnd) /
(of the voice) resonant; booming
(of speech or writing) bombastic; pompous
Origin of orotund
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