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OROTUND
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Dictionary entry overview: What does orotund mean?
• OROTUND (adjective)
The adjective OROTUND has 2 senses:
1. ostentatiously lofty in style
2. (of sounds) full and rich
Familiarity information: OROTUND used as an adjective is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Ostentatiously lofty in style
Synonyms:
bombastic; declamatory; large; orotund; tumid; turgid
Context example:
tumid political prose
Similar:
rhetorical (given to rhetoric, emphasizing style at the expense of thought)
Sense 2
Meaning:
(of sounds) full and rich
Synonyms:
orotund; pear-shaped; rotund; round
Context example:
pear-shaped vowels
Similar:
full ((of sound) having marked deepness and body)
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