Definition of orotund in English:

orotund

adjective ˈɔːrə(ʊ)tʌndˈɒrə(ʊ)tʌndˈɔrəˌtənd

1(of a person's voice) resonant and imposing.
Example sentencesExamples
- Watson's orotund voice is complemented by swooning strings, lush orchestration and gloriously cheery tempi, conjuring the Med, lemon trees and a large dollop of la dolce vita straight into your living room.
- There, speaking in orotund tones, the Court announces that ‘Liberty finds no refuge in a jurisprudence of doubt.’
- While not exactly an inflammatory call to arms, it reminded us perfectly of their pair's gorgeously orotund sound.
- They could therefore rely more on an orotund voice when the circumstances required competence, confidence, and enthusiasm early in the interaction.
- When more emotion was needed, the volume was turned up, or the elocution became more orotund.
- Viewers baffled by these moments, not to mention the orotund tones and rolled R's of theatrical elocution, will probably welcome the subtitles.
Synonyms
deep, sonorous, strong, powerful, full, full-toned, rich, fruity, clear, round, resonant, ringing, reverberating, loud, booming, imposing
rare canorous
1. 1.1 (of writing, style, or expression) pompous or pretentious.
  Example sentencesExamples
  An orotund Tory in pinstripes boomed out that he never expected to see the day when he would stand shoulder to shoulder with Tatchell and cry revolution.
  There is a curious historical paradox that dictates declarations of crisis should always be written in slow, orotund prose that declares emergency and demands urgency but does so at the slowest possible pace and with maximum ambiguity.
  Yes, Will's prose is more orotund and the moral is more delicately unfurled.
  Kipling uses the orotund, elaborate language of Hindi courtesy to provide the ritual punctuation for the longer stories.
  I, as the narrator want to sound clever, be orotund, and use words that you may not normally use.
  ‘We all know,’ she says, adopting a mocking, orotund tone, ‘that dance is important.’
  Opinions divide very sharply indeed on the question of whether Hanks is funny in the orotund, actor-manager-ish role of Dorr.
  A contemporary critic of Tacitism even observed that Tacitus's prose style sounded like the clipped commands of a soldier, quite different from the orotund and peaceful prose of Cicero.
  Namely, she regards her father as an orotund megalomaniacal monkey.
  Pretentious maybe, but it is still rather fun in its orotund syllables.
  At the other extreme is Vienna, with his sadistic relish and orotund vernacular.
  As we noted several months ago, orotund, abstract language can obfuscate accountability, truth-telling, and as we're now seeing most clearly, the simple facing of reality.
  It is banal, orotund, unmusical, and stuffed with wads of unnecessary jargon.
  This is all right in conversation, hut a little of it goes a long way on the printed page. if he had had a tighter editor, Lord Jenkins might also have been prodded to be less orotund in a few places.
  Synonyms
  pompous, pretentious, affected, mannered, fulsome, grandiose, ornate, over-elaborate, overblown, flowery, florid, flamboyant, inflated, high-flown, high-sounding, magniloquent, grandiloquent, declamatory, rhetorical, oratorical, theatrical, actorly, rotund, bombastic, overwrought, overdone, overripe, convoluted, turgid
  informal highfalutin, purple
  rare tumid, euphuistic, aureate, Ossianic, fustian, hyperventilated

Derivatives

orotundity

noun

I greatly feared - and still slightly do fear - that this creature presages a descent into a fantasy nerdfest of Tolkienesque pomposity and orotundity.
Example sentencesExamples
- He regularly finds the line between oratory and orotundity and crosses it.
- Sam Tsoutsouvas, as Theseus, flaunts his habitual love affair with his overripe voice with an orotundity that reeks of self-adulation.
- orotundity

Origin

Late 18th century: from Latin ore rotundo 'with rounded mouth'.

Definition of orotund in US English:

orotund

adjectiveˈɔrəˌtəndˈôrəˌtənd

1(of the voice or phrasing) full, round, and imposing.
Example sentencesExamples
- Viewers baffled by these moments, not to mention the orotund tones and rolled R's of theatrical elocution, will probably welcome the subtitles.
- Watson's orotund voice is complemented by swooning strings, lush orchestration and gloriously cheery tempi, conjuring the Med, lemon trees and a large dollop of la dolce vita straight into your living room.
- There, speaking in orotund tones, the Court announces that ‘Liberty finds no refuge in a jurisprudence of doubt.’
- While not exactly an inflammatory call to arms, it reminded us perfectly of their pair's gorgeously orotund sound.
- When more emotion was needed, the volume was turned up, or the elocution became more orotund.
- They could therefore rely more on an orotund voice when the circumstances required competence, confidence, and enthusiasm early in the interaction.
Synonyms
deep, sonorous, strong, powerful, full, full-toned, rich, fruity, clear, round, resonant, ringing, reverberating, loud, booming, imposing
1. 1.1 (of writing, style, or expression) pompous or pretentious.
  Example sentencesExamples
  I, as the narrator want to sound clever, be orotund, and use words that you may not normally use.
  Kipling uses the orotund, elaborate language of Hindi courtesy to provide the ritual punctuation for the longer stories.
  At the other extreme is Vienna, with his sadistic relish and orotund vernacular.
  Opinions divide very sharply indeed on the question of whether Hanks is funny in the orotund, actor-manager-ish role of Dorr.
  An orotund Tory in pinstripes boomed out that he never expected to see the day when he would stand shoulder to shoulder with Tatchell and cry revolution.
  It is banal, orotund, unmusical, and stuffed with wads of unnecessary jargon.
  A contemporary critic of Tacitism even observed that Tacitus's prose style sounded like the clipped commands of a soldier, quite different from the orotund and peaceful prose of Cicero.
  This is all right in conversation, hut a little of it goes a long way on the printed page. if he had had a tighter editor, Lord Jenkins might also have been prodded to be less orotund in a few places.
  ‘We all know,’ she says, adopting a mocking, orotund tone, ‘that dance is important.’
  Yes, Will's prose is more orotund and the moral is more delicately unfurled.
  Pretentious maybe, but it is still rather fun in its orotund syllables.
  As we noted several months ago, orotund, abstract language can obfuscate accountability, truth-telling, and as we're now seeing most clearly, the simple facing of reality.
  There is a curious historical paradox that dictates declarations of crisis should always be written in slow, orotund prose that declares emergency and demands urgency but does so at the slowest possible pace and with maximum ambiguity.
  Namely, she regards her father as an orotund megalomaniacal monkey.
  Synonyms
  pompous, pretentious, affected, mannered, fulsome, grandiose, ornate, over-elaborate, overblown, flowery, florid, flamboyant, inflated, high-flown, high-sounding, magniloquent, grandiloquent, declamatory, rhetorical, oratorical, theatrical, actorly, rotund, bombastic, overwrought, overdone, overripe, convoluted, turgid

Origin

Late 18th century: from Latin ore rotundo ‘with rounded mouth’.

单词	orotund
释义	Definition of orotund in English: orotund adjective ˈɔːrə(ʊ)tʌndˈɒrə(ʊ)tʌndˈɔrəˌtənd 1(of a person's voice) resonant and imposing. Example sentencesExamples Watson's orotund voice is complemented by swooning strings, lush orchestration and gloriously cheery tempi, conjuring the Med, lemon trees and a large dollop of la dolce vita straight into your living room. There, speaking in orotund tones, the Court announces that ‘Liberty finds no refuge in a jurisprudence of doubt.’ While not exactly an inflammatory call to arms, it reminded us perfectly of their pair's gorgeously orotund sound. They could therefore rely more on an orotund voice when the circumstances required competence, confidence, and enthusiasm early in the interaction. When more emotion was needed, the volume was turned up, or the elocution became more orotund. Viewers baffled by these moments, not to mention the orotund tones and rolled R's of theatrical elocution, will probably welcome the subtitles. Synonyms deep, sonorous, strong, powerful, full, full-toned, rich, fruity, clear, round, resonant, ringing, reverberating, loud, booming, imposing rare canorous 1.1 (of writing, style, or expression) pompous or pretentious. Example sentencesExamples An orotund Tory in pinstripes boomed out that he never expected to see the day when he would stand shoulder to shoulder with Tatchell and cry revolution. There is a curious historical paradox that dictates declarations of crisis should always be written in slow, orotund prose that declares emergency and demands urgency but does so at the slowest possible pace and with maximum ambiguity. Yes, Will's prose is more orotund and the moral is more delicately unfurled. Kipling uses the orotund, elaborate language of Hindi courtesy to provide the ritual punctuation for the longer stories. I, as the narrator want to sound clever, be orotund, and use words that you may not normally use. ‘We all know,’ she says, adopting a mocking, orotund tone, ‘that dance is important.’ Opinions divide very sharply indeed on the question of whether Hanks is funny in the orotund, actor-manager-ish role of Dorr. A contemporary critic of Tacitism even observed that Tacitus's prose style sounded like the clipped commands of a soldier, quite different from the orotund and peaceful prose of Cicero. Namely, she regards her father as an orotund megalomaniacal monkey. Pretentious maybe, but it is still rather fun in its orotund syllables. At the other extreme is Vienna, with his sadistic relish and orotund vernacular. As we noted several months ago, orotund, abstract language can obfuscate accountability, truth-telling, and as we're now seeing most clearly, the simple facing of reality. It is banal, orotund, unmusical, and stuffed with wads of unnecessary jargon. This is all right in conversation, hut a little of it goes a long way on the printed page. if he had had a tighter editor, Lord Jenkins might also have been prodded to be less orotund in a few places. Synonyms pompous, pretentious, affected, mannered, fulsome, grandiose, ornate, over-elaborate, overblown, flowery, florid, flamboyant, inflated, high-flown, high-sounding, magniloquent, grandiloquent, declamatory, rhetorical, oratorical, theatrical, actorly, rotund, bombastic, overwrought, overdone, overripe, convoluted, turgid informal highfalutin, purple rare tumid, euphuistic, aureate, Ossianic, fustian, hyperventilated Derivatives orotundity noun I greatly feared - and still slightly do fear - that this creature presages a descent into a fantasy nerdfest of Tolkienesque pomposity and orotundity. Example sentencesExamples He regularly finds the line between oratory and orotundity and crosses it. Sam Tsoutsouvas, as Theseus, flaunts his habitual love affair with his overripe voice with an orotundity that reeks of self-adulation. orotundity Origin Late 18th century: from Latin ore rotundo 'with rounded mouth'. Definition of orotund in US English: orotund adjectiveˈɔrəˌtəndˈôrəˌtənd 1(of the voice or phrasing) full, round, and imposing. Example sentencesExamples Viewers baffled by these moments, not to mention the orotund tones and rolled R's of theatrical elocution, will probably welcome the subtitles. Watson's orotund voice is complemented by swooning strings, lush orchestration and gloriously cheery tempi, conjuring the Med, lemon trees and a large dollop of la dolce vita straight into your living room. There, speaking in orotund tones, the Court announces that ‘Liberty finds no refuge in a jurisprudence of doubt.’ While not exactly an inflammatory call to arms, it reminded us perfectly of their pair's gorgeously orotund sound. When more emotion was needed, the volume was turned up, or the elocution became more orotund. They could therefore rely more on an orotund voice when the circumstances required competence, confidence, and enthusiasm early in the interaction. Synonyms deep, sonorous, strong, powerful, full, full-toned, rich, fruity, clear, round, resonant, ringing, reverberating, loud, booming, imposing 1.1 (of writing, style, or expression) pompous or pretentious. Example sentencesExamples I, as the narrator want to sound clever, be orotund, and use words that you may not normally use. Kipling uses the orotund, elaborate language of Hindi courtesy to provide the ritual punctuation for the longer stories. At the other extreme is Vienna, with his sadistic relish and orotund vernacular. Opinions divide very sharply indeed on the question of whether Hanks is funny in the orotund, actor-manager-ish role of Dorr. An orotund Tory in pinstripes boomed out that he never expected to see the day when he would stand shoulder to shoulder with Tatchell and cry revolution. It is banal, orotund, unmusical, and stuffed with wads of unnecessary jargon. A contemporary critic of Tacitism even observed that Tacitus's prose style sounded like the clipped commands of a soldier, quite different from the orotund and peaceful prose of Cicero. This is all right in conversation, hut a little of it goes a long way on the printed page. if he had had a tighter editor, Lord Jenkins might also have been prodded to be less orotund in a few places. ‘We all know,’ she says, adopting a mocking, orotund tone, ‘that dance is important.’ Yes, Will's prose is more orotund and the moral is more delicately unfurled. Pretentious maybe, but it is still rather fun in its orotund syllables. As we noted several months ago, orotund, abstract language can obfuscate accountability, truth-telling, and as we're now seeing most clearly, the simple facing of reality. There is a curious historical paradox that dictates declarations of crisis should always be written in slow, orotund prose that declares emergency and demands urgency but does so at the slowest possible pace and with maximum ambiguity. Namely, she regards her father as an orotund megalomaniacal monkey. Synonyms pompous, pretentious, affected, mannered, fulsome, grandiose, ornate, over-elaborate, overblown, flowery, florid, flamboyant, inflated, high-flown, high-sounding, magniloquent, grandiloquent, declamatory, rhetorical, oratorical, theatrical, actorly, rotund, bombastic, overwrought, overdone, overripe, convoluted, turgid Origin Late 18th century: from Latin ore rotundo ‘with rounded mouth’.
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