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

orotund

adjective
 
/ˈɒrətʌnd/
 
/ˈɔːrətʌnd/
(formal)
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  1. (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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