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orotund orotund definition

orotund


 
  Overview  of  adj  orotund 
 
  The  adj  orotund  has  2  senses  (no  senses  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  bombastic,  declamatory,  large  orotund,  tumid,  turgid  --  (ostentatiously  lofty  in  style;  "a  man  given  to  large  talk";  "tumid  political  prose") 
  2.  orotund,  rotund,  round,  pear-shaped  --  ((of  sounds)  full  and  rich;  "orotund  tones";  "the  rotund  and  reverberating  phrase";  "pear-shaped  vowels") 
 
  Antonyms  of  adj  orotund 
 
  2  senses  of  orotund 
 
  Sense  1 
  bombastic,  declamatory,  large  orotund,  tumid,  turgid 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  rhetorical)  ->  unrhetorical 
 
  Sense  2 
  orotund,  rotund,  round,  pear-shaped 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  full)  ->  thin 
 
  Similarity  of  adj  orotund 
 
  2  senses  of  orotund 
 
  Sense  1 
  bombastic,  declamatory,  large  orotund,  tumid,  turgid 
  =>  rhetorical  (vs.  unrhetorical) 
 
  Sense  2 
  orotund,  rotund,  round,  pear-shaped 
  =>  full  (vs.  thin) 
 
  Attributes  of  adj  orotund 
 
 
  Familiarity  of  adj  orotund 
 
  orotund  used  as  an  adjective  is  rare  (polysemy  count  =  2) 
 
  Grep  of  adj  orotund 
  orotund 
 
  Overview  of  adj  orotund 
 
  The  adj  orotund  has  2  senses  (no  senses  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  bombastic,  declamatory,  large  orotund,  tumid,  turgid  --  (ostentatiously  lofty  in  style;  "a  man  given  to  large  talk";  "tumid  political  prose") 
  2.  orotund,  rotund,  round,  pear-shaped  --  ((of  sounds)  full  and  rich;  "orotund  tones";  "the  rotund  and  reverberating  phrase";  "pear-shaped  vowels") 



orotund definition