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Definition of orotund adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

orotund

adjective

/ˈɒrətʌnd/

/ˈɔːrətʌnd/

(formal)

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(of the voice or the way something is said) using full and impressive sounds and language
Word Originlate 18th cent.: from Latin ore rotundo ‘with rounded mouth’.

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