orotund

oro·tund

adj \ˈȯr-ə-ˌtənd, ˈär-\

Definition of OROTUND

1

: marked by fullness, strength, and clarity of sound : sonorous <an orotund voice>

2

: pompous, bombastic <an orotund speech>

— oro·tun·di·ty \ˌȯr-ə-ˈtən-də-tē, ˌär-\ noun

Examples of OROTUND

1. <the tenor's orotund voice was just what this soaring aria needs>
2. <a master of the orotund prose that is favored by academic journals of literary criticism>

Origin of OROTUND

modification of Latin ore rotundo, literally, with round mouth

First Known Use: circa 1799

Related to OROTUND

Synonyms: golden, resonant, plangent, resounding, reverberant, reverberating, reverberative, ringing, rotund, round, sonorous, vibrant

Antonyms: unrhetorical

Related Words: deep, full, mellifluent, mellifluous, mellow, plummy, rich; loud, powerful, stentorian, thundering, thunderous

Near Antonyms: cavernous, hollow; faint, low, murmurous, muted, smothered, soft, weak; thin, tinny

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Rhymes with OROTUND

cummerbund, pudibund, rubicund, sinking fund, underfund