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]

English

Etymology

Orotund derives from ore rotundo, “with a round mouth,” hence “clear, loud,” from os, oris, “the mouth” + rotundus, “round.”

Adjective

1. Characterized by fullness, clarity, strength, and smoothness of sound.
2. Pompous; bombastic

Synonyms

• pompous
• sonorous

Related terms

• oral

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