orotund
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orotund
- /ˈɒɹə(ʊ)tʌnd/ UK
- /ˈɔː-/ UK
- /ˈɔɹə(ʊ)ˌtʌnd/ US
Where it comes from
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.
adjective more orotund · most orotund
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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.
Similar: ore rotundo, resonant, rotund, booming, boom-boom, canorous, orotund, remugient, resounding, reverberant, sonoral, sonorous
- Of writing, etc.: clear, effective, powerful.
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Of speech or writing: bombastic, pompous.
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 i
Similar: grandiloquent, magniloquent, tumid, turgid
noun orotunds
- A voice characterized by clarity, fullness, smoothness, and strength of sound.
- The quality of clarity, effectiveness, and power in speech or writing.
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Talk about this word "orotund." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/orotund. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. orotund. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/orotund "orotund." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/orotund.Cite this
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