Ororotundity

noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The quality of being orotund (in various senses); orotundity. rare, uncountable

    "Salviati. "Oronymy." […] Sagredo. No: what was that that you said? / Simplicio. "O-ro-ro-ro-ny"? / Salviati. Just my ororotundity, if I may. I was merely returning to our previous discussion of the naming of mountains, and my poor mind meandered."

Example

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"Salviati. "Oronymy." […] Sagredo. No: what was that that you said? / Simplicio. "O-ro-ro-ro-ny"? / Salviati. Just my ororotundity, if I may. I was merely returning to our previous discussion of the naming of mountains, and my poor mind meandered."

Etymology

An alteration of orotundity to more closely reflect its etymon ore rotundo. Equivalent to ore rotundo + -ity.

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