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orotund


  2  definitions  found 
 
  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  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  orotund 
  adj  1:  ostentatiously  lofty  in  style;  "a  man  given  to  large  talk"; 
  "tumid  political  prose"  [syn:  {bombastic},  {declamatory}, 
  {large},  {tumid},  {turgid}] 
  2:  full  and  rich;  "orotund  tones";  "the  rotund  and 
  reverberating  phrase"  [syn:  {rotund},  {round}] 




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