orotund

o·ro·tund

O0126000 (ôr′ə-tŭnd′)adj.1. Pompous and bombastic: orotund talk.2. Full in sound; sonorous: orotund tones.

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[From alteration of Latin ōre rotundō, with a round mouth : ōre, ablative of ōs, mouth; see ōs- in Indo-European roots + rotundō, ablative of rotundus, round; see rotund.]

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o′ro·tun′di·ty (ôr′ə-tŭn′dĭ-tē) n.

orotund

(ˈɒrəʊˌtʌnd) adj1. (of the voice) resonant; booming2. (of speech or writing) bombastic; pompous[C18: from Latin phrase ore rotundo with rounded mouth]

o•ro•tund

(ˈɔr əˌtʌnd, ˈoʊr-)

adj. 1. (of the voice or speech) characterized by strength, fullness, and clearness. 2. (of speech or writing) pompous or bombastic. [1785–95; contraction of Latin phrase ōre rotundō with round mouth] o`ro•tun′di•ty, n.

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	orotund - ostentatiously lofty in style; "a man given to large talk"; "tumid political prose"bombastic, declamatory, tumid, turgid, largerhetorical - given to rhetoric, emphasizing style at the expense of thought; "mere rhetorical frippery"
	2.	orotund - (of sounds) full and rich; "orotund tones"; "the rotund and reverberating phrase"; "pear-shaped vowels"pear-shaped, rotund, roundfull - (of sound) having marked deepness and body; "full tones"; "a full voice"

orotund

adjective1. Characterized by language that is elevated and sometimes pompous in style:aureate, bombastic, declamatory, flowery, fustian, grandiloquent, high-flown, high-sounding, magniloquent, overblown, rhetorical, sonorous, swollen.2. Having or producing a full, deep, or rich sound:mellow, plangent, resonant, resounding, ringing, rotund, round, sonorous, vibrant.