Word of the Day
: September 10, 2023

\OR-uh-tund\ adjective

What It Means

Orotund is a formal word used as a synonym of sonorous to describe something—usually a voice—marked by fullness, strength, and clarity of sound. It can also be used disapprovingly to mean "pompous" or "bombastic."

// As a child, she loved listening to her grandfather’s rich, orotund baritone as he told stories of his childhood growing up overseas.

// Every year the mayor gives a version of the same overblown, orotund speech, full of fancy promises they never seem to keep.

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