English [ edit ]

Etymology [ edit ]

From Latin ore rotundo, “with a round mouth,” hence “clear, loud,” from os, oris, “the mouth” + rotundus (“round”).

Adjective [ edit ]

orotund (comparative more orotund, superlative most orotund)

Characterized by fullness, clarity, strength, and smoothness of sound. Pompous; bombastic. 1990, Robert Klitgaard, Tropical Gangsters: One Man's Experience with Development and Decadence in Deepest Africa 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 invented connections between qwerty, alphabetical filing, and socioeconomic advance.

Synonyms [ edit ]

( fullness of sound ) : sonorous Thesaurus:sonorous

Thesaurus:sonorous ( pompous ) : pompous Thesaurus:arrogant

Related terms [ edit ]

Translations [ edit ]

with fullness, clarity, strength, and smoothness of sound German: volltönig sonor (de)