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   orotund

   /ˈɒrətʌnd/

   adjective

   • 1. (of a person's voice) resonant and imposing. Similar deepsonorousstrongpowerfulfullfull-tonedrichfruityclearroundresonantringingreverberatingloudboomingimposingrare:canorous
   • ▪ (of writing, style, or expression) pompous or pretentious. Similar pompouspretentiousaffectedmanneredfulsomegrandioseornateover-elaborateoverblownfloweryfloridflamboyantinflatedhigh-flownhigh-soundingmagniloquentgrandiloquentdeclamatoryrhetoricaloratoricaltheatricalactorlyrotundbombasticoverwroughtoverdoneoverripeconvolutedturgidinformal:highfalutinpurplerare:tumideuphuisticaureateOssianicfustianhyperventilated

   Word Origin late 18th century: from Latin ore rotundo ‘with rounded mouth’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. orotundity noun

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