orotund : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: orotund	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for orotund
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
orotund adj ostentatiously lofty in style; "a man given to large talk"; "tumid political prose" Synonym(s): bombastic, declamatory, large, orotund, tumid, turgid (of sounds) full and rich; "orotund tones"; "the rotund and reverberating phrase"; "pear-shaped vowels" Synonym(s): orotund, rotund, round, pear-shaped
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Orotund \O"rotund`\, a. [L. os, oris, the mouth + rotundus round, smooth.] Characterized by fullness, clearness, strength, and smoothness; ringing and musical; -- said of the voice or manner of utterance. -- n. The orotund* voice or utterance --Rush.