orotund

[ awr-uh-tuhnd, ohr- ]

adjective

1. (of the voice or speech) characterized by strength, fullness, richness, and clearness.
2. (of a style of speaking) pompous or bombastic.

orotund

/ ˈɒrəʊˌtʌnd /

adjective

1. (of the voice) resonant; booming
2. (of speech or writing) bombastic; pompous

Other Words From

• o·ro·tun·di·ty [awr-, uh, -, tuhn, -di-tee, ohr-], noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of orotund¹

1785–95; contraction of Latin phrase ōre rotundō, with round mouth; oral ( def ), rotund ( def )

Word History and Origins

Origin of orotund¹

C18: from Latin phrase ore rotundo with rounded mouth

Example Sentences

But the extravagance of Tudor self-aggrandizement is almost comical, and it wasn’t limited to the orotund Henry plastering his face onto biblical kings.

From Washington Post

In the title story, for instance, the narrator combines the orotund diction of a robot with little comets of slang, “super nice,” “killing it,” in a way more manufactured than anything in “Tenth of December.”

From Los Angeles Times

The more strained our circumstances, the more manic the publicity machine, the more breathless and orotund the advance praise.

From New York Times

But now the speaker’s orotund oratory, his mannered put-downs, his pompous, practiced, often hilarious jawing will be no more.

From Washington Post

By the end, he was rehearsing the same material, pressing “shuffle” on the same orotund playlists, and his work lost much of its consecrating power.

From New York Times