Hypertext Webster Gateway: "orotund"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Orotund \O"ro*tund`\, a. [L. os, oris, the mouth + rotundus
round, smooth.]
Characterized by fullness, clearness, strength, and
smoothness; ringing and musical; -- said of the voice or
manner of utterance. -- n. The orotund voice or utterance
--Rush.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
orotund
adj 1: ostentatiously lofty in style; "a man given to large talk";
"tumid political prose" [syn: {bombastic}, {declamatory},
{large}, {tumid}, {turgid}]
2: (of sounds) full and rich; "orotund tones"; "the rotund and
reverberating phrase"; "pear-shaped vowels" [syn: {rotund},
{round}, {pear-shaped}]
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