orotund

adj.

1. Pompous and bombastic: orotund talk.
2. Full in sound; sonorous: orotund tones.

[From alteration of Latin ōre rotundō, with a round mouth : ōre, ablative of ōs, mouth + rotundō, ablative of rotundus, round; see rotund.]

orotundity o'ro·tun'di·ty (ôr'ə-tŭn'dĭ-tē, ōr'-) n.

(OR-uh-tund)

adjective
1. Strong, clear, rich (as in voice or speech).
2. Pompous, bombastic.

Etymology
Contraction of Latin ore rotundo (with a round mouth), from ore, from os (mouth) + rotundo, from rotundus (round), from Indo-European root ret- (to run or roll). Other words derived from the same root are rodeo, roll, rotary, rotate, rotund, roulette, and round.

Usage
"No one today even tries to emulate the orotund, Latinate manner of Dr Johnson or Burke, except perhaps as a comic affectation." — Edward Said; Living in Arabic; Al-Ahram Weekly (Cairo, Egypt); Feb 12, 2004.

"Beaming his broad smile, Geoffrey Holder sets a few baby lettuce leaves and a slice of tomato on a plate. 'You must take chances, ad lib, im-pro-viiiisse,' he says, his orotund voice caressing the last word." — Dana Jacobi; Harmony in the Kitchen; Vegetarian Times (Glen Allen, Virginia); Jun 1, 2001.

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adjective

1. Characterized by language that is elevated and sometimes pompous in style: aureate, bombastic, declamatory, flowery, fustian, grandiloquent, high-flown, high-sounding, magniloquent, overblown, rhetorical, sonorous, swollen. See plain/fancy, style/good style/bad style, words.
2. Having or producing a full, deep, or rich sound: mellow, plangent, resonant, resounding, ringing, rotund, round, sonorous, vibrant. See sounds/pleasant sounds/unpleasant sounds/neutral sounds or silence.

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The adjective has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: ostentatiously lofty in style
  Synonyms: bombastic, declamatory, large, tumid, turgid

Meaning #2: (of sounds) full and rich
  Synonyms: rotund, round, pear-shaped

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - klangfuld, værdig, bombastisk

Nederlands (Dutch)
klankvolle stem, bombastisch

Français (French)
adj. - plein, imposant, imbu

Deutsch (German)
adj. - volltönend, pompös, hochgestochen

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - μεστός, ηχηρός

Italiano (Italian)
pomposo, pretenzioso, borioso, roboante, magniloquente

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - sonoro, pomposo

Русский (Russian)
звучный, зычный, претенциозный

Español (Spanish)
adj. - sonoro, pomposo, rimbombante

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - (om stämma) fyllig, sonor, högtravande

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
朗朗的, 做作的, 夸大的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 朗朗的, 做作的, 誇大的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 목소리가 잘 울리는

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 朗々と響く, 大げさな
n. - 朗々とした声

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) جهوري‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮מלא, עגול, מרשים, יומרני, מתנפח‬

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