Definitions for: Orotund


[adj] (of sounds) full and rich; "orotund tones"; "the rotund and reverberating phrase"; "pear-shaped vowels"
[adj] ostentatiously lofty in style; "a man given to large talk"; "tumid political prose"



Webster (1913) Definition: 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.

Synonyms: bombastic, declamatory, full, large, pear-shaped, rhetorical, rotund, round, tumid, turgid

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