What does orotund mean?

orotund means "ostentatiously lofty in style". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in orotund?

orotund has 3 syllables: o-ro-tund. The stress falls on "o".

What is another word for orotund?

Close synonyms include bombastic, declamatory, large, tumid, turgid. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is orotund a common word?

orotund is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

orotund — meaning, pronunciation and 2 definitions

adjective

2 sensesA word that describes or qualifies a noun.

1.
ostentatiously lofty in style
“a man given to large talk”
“tumid political prose”
Synonymsbombastic declamatory large tumid turgid
Similarrhetorical
2.
(of sounds) full and rich
“orotund tones”
“the rotund and reverberating phrase”
“pear-shaped vowels”
Synonymsrotund round pear-shaped
Similarfull

Questions about orotund

What does orotund mean?: orotund means "ostentatiously lofty in style". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.
How many syllables are in orotund?: orotund has 3 syllables: o-ro-tund. The stress falls on "o".
What is another word for orotund?: Close synonyms include bombastic, declamatory, large, tumid, turgid. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.
Is orotund a common word?: orotund is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for orotund come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.

adjective

2 sensesA word that describes or qualifies a noun.

1.
ostentatiously lofty in style
“a man given to large talk”
“tumid political prose”
Synonymsbombastic declamatory large tumid turgid
Similarrhetorical
2.
(of sounds) full and rich
“orotund tones”
“the rotund and reverberating phrase”
“pear-shaped vowels”
Synonymsrotund round pear-shaped
Similarfull

Questions about orotund

What does orotund mean?: orotund means "ostentatiously lofty in style". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.
How many syllables are in orotund?: orotund has 3 syllables: o-ro-tund. The stress falls on "o".
What is another word for orotund?: Close synonyms include bombastic, declamatory, large, tumid, turgid. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.
Is orotund a common word?: orotund is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for orotund come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.

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