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orotundity

noun
/ɒɹəˈtʌndɪti/UK/ɔɹəˈtʌndɪti/US

Etymology

From orotund + -ity.

  1. derived from *Hreth₂-✻ — “to run”
  2. derived from *h₁óh₃s✻ — “mouth”
  3. learned borrowing from ōre rotundō — “with a round mouth; hence, clear; loud”
  4. suffixed as orotundity — “orotund + ity”

Definitions

  1. The quality of being orotund.

    • There is no braking midline caesura, nor is there Pope's massy orotundity.

  2. An orotund statement or utterance.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA