Associations to the word «Orotund»

Noun

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Wiktionary

OROTUND, adjective. Characterized by fullness, clarity, strength, and smoothness of sound.
OROTUND, adjective. Pompous; bombastic

Dictionary definition

OROTUND, adjective. Ostentatiously lofty in style; "a man given to large talk"; "tumid political prose".
OROTUND, adjective. (of sounds) full and rich; "orotund tones"; "the rotund and reverberating phrase"; "pear-shaped vowels".

Wise words

Don't use words too big for the subject. Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite.
C. S. Lewis