rotundi-, rotundo-, rotund-

1. A reference to a clear, strong, and deep voice.
2. Relating to being bombastic or pompous with a style of speaking or writing.
3. Etymology or word origin: from Latin ore "a round mouth."

1. Pompous and bombastic: orotund talk.
2. Full of sound; sonorous: orotund tones.
3. Etymology: from an alteration of the Latin ore rotundo, with a "round mouth"; from os, "mouth" and rotundo, "round".

1. The orotund mode of intonation.
2. Pretentious, pompous speech or writing.

1. Referring to anyone who is plump and thickset: The little rotund man was usually asked to play Santa Claus every year at Christmas.
2. Characterizing something which is spherical or round in shape: Jane put the flowers into the large rotund vase in the living room.
3. Descriptive of a full and rich or sonorous sound when speaking or writing; grandiloquent: The master of ceremonies had a wonderful rotund voice when announcing the soloists for the concert.
4. Etymology or word origin: from Latin phrase ore rotundo, "a round mouth." © ALL rights are reserved.
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1. A circular building; especially, one with a dome.
2. A large area with a high ceiling or a large round room; such as, in a hotel lobby or a government building (capitol) in the capital city of a state or country.

An example of a building with a rotunda is the white marble domed building in Washington, D.C., where the U.S. Congress meets.

Sausages, oleaginous and rotundifying.