orotund
AdjectiveOpen English WordNet
Adjective (2)
- ostentatiously lofty in style“a man given to large talk”“tumid political prose”Synonyms: bombasticdeclamatorylargetumidturgidOpposite unrhetoricalSimilar rhetorical
- (of sounds) full and rich“orotund tones”“the rotund and reverberating phrase”“pear-shaped vowels”Synonyms: rotundroundpear-shapedOpposite thinSimilar full
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
O′ro·tund′ adjective
Origin: 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. — noun The orotund voice or utterance James Rush
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54