Usually means: Full, rich, and clear sounding.
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General (23 matching dictionaries)
  1. orotund: Merriam-Webster
  2. orotund: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. orotund: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. orotund: Collins English Dictionary
  5. orotund: Vocabulary.com
  6. orotund: Wordnik
  7. orotund: Wiktionary
  8. orotund: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. orotund: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  10. orotund: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. Orotund, orotund: Dictionary.com
  12. orotund: Online Etymology Dictionary
  13. Orotund: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  14. orotund: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  15. orotund: Rhymezone
  16. Orotund: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  17. orotund: FreeDictionary.org
  18. orotund: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  19. orotund: Mnemonic Dictionary
  20. orotund: TheFreeDictionary.com
  21. Orotund: World Wide Words

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. orotund: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. orotund: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. orotund: A Word A Day
  2. orotund: Wordcraft Dictionary

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. orotund: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See orotundity as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
adjective:  Of a voice: characterized by clarity, fullness, smoothness, and strength of sound; hence, of a person: having a clear, full, and strong voice, appropriate for public speaking, reading aloud, etc.
adjective:  (by extension)
adjective:  Of writing, etc.: clear, effective, powerful.
adjective:  (derogatory) Of speech or writing: bombastic, pompous.
noun:  (countable) A voice characterized by clarity, fullness, smoothness, and strength of sound.
noun:  (uncountable) The quality of clarity, effectiveness, and power in speech or writing.

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