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In some senses, orotund is marked as derogatory, obsolete. Watch for register when choosing this word.
orotund
UK /ˈɒɹə(ʊ)tʌnd/ US /ˈɔɹə(ʊ)ˌtʌnd/
adj 3noun 2
Collocations
5ADJ.
endless, late, long
VERB + OROTUND
sentences
OROTUND + NOUN
phrase
PREP.
in
ADV.
famously
Definitions
adj
1
Of a voice: characterized by clarity, fullness, smoothness, and strength of sound; hence, of a person: having a clear, full, and strong voice, appropriate for public speaking, reading aloud, etc.
2
Of writing, etc.: clear, effective, powerful.
3
Of speech or writing: bombastic, pompous.
A series of U.N. and government officials spoke. And spoke. And spoke. Their words were grand, their sentences endless. In orotund turns of phrase—indeed, in spiraling helices of phrase; in snarled fishing lines of phrase; in endless small intestines of phrase—the speakers ingeniously explored and invented connections between qwerty, alphabetical filing, and socioeconomic advance.
He would also, you can't help thinking, have approved [Alan] Hollinghurst's discriminating eye and perhaps even enjoyed the half-facetious, half-adoring tributes Nick pays to his famously orotund late style, the "plums of periphrasis" Nick likes to slip into his conversation.
noun
1
A voice characterized by clarity, fullness, smoothness, and strength of sound.
2
The quality of clarity, effectiveness, and power in speech or writing.
Thesaurus
Synonyms
adjective — (of sounds) full and rich
adjective — ostentatiously lofty in style
Antonyms
Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
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A series of U.N. and government officials spoke. And spoke. And spoke. Their words were grand, their sentences endless. In orotund turns of phrase—indeed, in spiraling helices of phrase; in snarled fi
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He would also, you can't help thinking, have approved [Alan] Hollinghurst's discriminating eye and perhaps even enjoyed the half-facetious, half-adoring tributes Nick pays to his famously orotund late
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When Groucho Marx was once asked a long and orotund question, he replied, "Whom knows?" […] The popularity of "whom" humour tells us two things about the distinction between "who" and "whom". First, "
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