MEANING
1. Full, deep, and rounded in vocal tone.
2. Pompous and inflated in language or manner.
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- orotund voice
- orotund delivery
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His orotund voice carried across the hall.
An orotund delivery gave the reading ceremonial weight.
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- orotund
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Usage notes
Primary category: literary. Forms: Comparative more orotund; superlative most orotund where gradation is meaningful. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.
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