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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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