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Orotund

//ˈɒɹə(ʊ)tʌnd// adj, noun

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Adjective

1
Of a voice: characterized by clarity, fullness, smoothness, and strength of sound; hence, of a person: having a clear, full, and strong voice, appropriate for public speaking, reading aloud, etc.
2
Of writing, etc.: clear, effective, powerful. broadly
3
Of speech or writing: bombastic, pompous. broadly, derogatory
"A series of U.N. and government officials spoke. And spoke. And spoke. Their words were grand, their sentences endless. In orotund turns of phrase—indeed, in spiraling helices of phrase; in snarled fishing lines of phrase; in endless small intestines of phrase—the speakers ingeniously explored and invented connections between qwerty, alphabetical filing, and socioeconomic advance."

Adjective

1
(of sounds) full and rich wordnet
2
ostentatiously lofty in style wordnet

Noun

1
A voice characterized by clarity, fullness, smoothness, and strength of sound. countable, obsolete
2
The quality of clarity, effectiveness, and power in speech or writing. obsolete, uncountable

Etymology

Etymology 1

PIE word *h₁óh₃s The adjective is a learned borrowing from Latin ōre rotundō (“with a round mouth; hence, clear; loud”) (whence English ore rotundo), possibly influenced by rotund (“having a curved, round, or spherical shape; (figurative) of sound: full and rich”). Ōre rotundō is composed of ōre (the ablative singular of ōs (“mouth”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁óh₃s (“mouth”)) + rotundō (the ablative singular of rotundus (“circular, round”) (possibly from rota (“wheel”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *Hreth₂- (“to run”)) + -undus (suffix forming adjectives)). The noun is derived from the adjective.

Etymology 2

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