orotund

Meaning

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. (broadly) Of writing, etc.: clear, effective, powerful.
3. (broadly, derogatory) Of speech or writing: bombastic, pompous.

Noun

1. (countable, obsolete) A voice characterized by clarity, fullness, smoothness, and strength of sound.
2. (obsolete, uncountable) The quality of clarity, effectiveness, and power in speech or writing.

Synonyms

bombastic

turgid

tumid

pompous

rotund

round

pear-shaped

declamatory

magniloquent

sonorous

large

exquisite

flamboyant

forceful

grandiloquent

grandiose

hard

harsh

heavy

hifalutin

high-flown

high-sounding

imperial

imposing

impressive

intense

loud

mighty

podgy

pontifical

potent

powerful

puissant

purple

racy

red-blooded

resonant

resounding

robust

sententious

sonant

soniferous

spherical

stiff

strong

tubby

smooth circular motion

able

rolling smoothly

acute

Translations

ηχηρός

rotundo

πομπώδης

rotundo

freies Drehen

επιβλητικός

ηχερός

pompeux

rond

ampoulé

boursouflé

enflé

bombastique

ampolloso

gonfio

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈɒɹə(ʊ)tʌnd/

Etymology

PIE word
*h₁óh₃s
The adjective is a learned borrowing from Latin ōre rotundō (“with a round mouth; hence, clear; loud”) (whence English ore rotundo), possibly influenced by rotund (“having a curved, round, or spherical shape; (figurative) of sound: full and rich”). Ōre rotundō is composed of ōre (the ablative singular of ōs (“mouth”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁óh₃s (“mouth”)) + rotundō (the ablative singular of rotundus (“circular, round”) (possibly from rota (“wheel”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *Hreth₂- (“to run”)) + -undus (suffix forming adjectives)).
The noun is derived from the adjective.