Orotund

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Pompous and bombastic: orotund talk.
  • adj. Full in sound; sonorous: orotund tones.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Characterized by fullness, clarity, strength, and smoothness of sound.
  • adj. Pompous; bombastic
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Characterized by fullness, clearness, strength, and smoothness; ringing and musical; -- said of the voice or manner of utterance.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • In elocution, characterized by strength, fullness, richness, and clearness; open, mellow, rich, and musical: applied to the voice or manner of utterance.
  • Pompous; self-satisfied; inflated: applied to a style of utterance.
  • n. A deep, full voice.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. (of sounds) full and rich
  • adj. ostentatiously lofty in style
  • Equivalent
    full    rhetorical   
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    pompous    sonorous   
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