Definition of orotund Orotund
orβ’oβ’tund
We found 7 definitions of orotund from 4 different sources.
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What does orotund mean?
WordNet
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| orotund - (of sounds) full and rich; "orotund tones"; "the rotund and reverberating phrase"; "pear-shaped vowels" | ||
| rotund, round, pear-shaped | ||
| full having the normally expected amount; "gives full measure"; "gives good measure"; "a good mile from here" | ||
| orotund - ostentatiously lofty in style; "a man given to large talk"; "tumid political prose" | ||
| bombastic, declamatory, large, tumid, turgid | ||
| rhetorical given to rhetoric, emphasizing style at the expense of thought; "mere rhetorical frippery" | ||
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Wiktionary 
- orotund (Adjective)
Characterized by fullness, clarity, strength, and smoothness of sound. - orotund (Adjective)
Pompous; bombastic.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary π
- orotund (a.)
Characterized by fullness, clearness, strength, and smoothness; ringing and musical; -- said of the voice or manner of utterance. - orotund (n.)
The orotund voice or utterance
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary π
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orotund
Εβ²rΕ-tund, adj. full, clear, and musical, as speech.βn. full, clear, and musical speech, as when directly from the larynx. [L. os, oris, the mouth, rotundus, round.]
