单词 | orotundity |
释义 | orotundityn. The quality of being orotund; an orotund utterance. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > ornateness > [noun] > loftiness or grandiloquence magnificence1481 stateliness1550 sublimity1581 grandiloquence1589 sublimenessa1599 magniloquency1615 magniloquence1623 elevationa1639 rotundity1655 grandiloquy1656 magniloquy1656 grandeur1657 loftiness1663 magnificentness1727 altiloquence1775 grandiosity1801 grandioso1816 grandiloquent1829 ororotundity1831 ororotundoism1840 orotundity1909 the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > quality of voice > [noun] > power or range of voice > loudness of voice > strength and clearness of voice orotundity1909 1909 Cent. Dict. Suppl. Orotundity, the character of being orotund. 1922 J. M. Murry Probl. Style 20 Wordsworthians were there to discover the hallmark of genius on his most insignificant orotundities. 1960 Spectator 2 Sept. 347 Those thudding clichés, those meaningless orotundities. 1992 Times Lit. Suppl. 28 Feb. 3/4 Within five days, he was importing the notion of ‘implementation’, a word whose orotundity was perfectly suited to Maxwell's plummy voice. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1909 |
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