[syn: orotund, rotund, round, pear-shaped]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
orotund
adj 1: ostentatiously lofty in style; "a man given to large
talk"; "tumid political prose" [syn: bombastic,
declamatory, large, orotund, tumid, turgid]
2: (of sounds) full and rich; "orotund tones"; "the rotund and
reverberating phrase"; "pear-shaped vowels" [syn: orotund,
rotund, round, pear-shaped]