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prettygoodword ([personal profile] prettygoodword) wrote2007-10-19 07:20 am

orotund

orotund - adj., full in sound, sonorous; pompous bombastic.


Think Brian Blessed speaking in balanced Shakespearean periods. This may be a repeat -- apologies if so. From Latin ore rotundo, in well-rounded phrases, literally, with round mouth.

---L.