Ororotundity
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 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
More examples"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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