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orotund

adjective as in ostentatious

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With the orotund, as well as with the natural quality, all the voice modes previously described may be conjoined.

Pure voice is usually spoken of as being manifested in two qualities, the natural and the orotund.

One given to sonorous and orotund phrases would doubtless have coined a most splendid speech here.

In an orotund voice he declaims to his pupils the mighty revelations that he copied from the book.

There is a voice of unusual roundness and fulness known as the orotund, which is indispensable to the public speaker.

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On this page you'll find 25 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to orotund, such as: bombastic, clear, loud, pompous, resonant, and resounding.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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