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Definition of Orotundity
1. n. The orotund mode of intonation.
Definition of Orotundity
1. Noun. The quality of being orotund. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Orotundity
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Orotundity
Literary usage of Orotundity
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Practical Hints on the Quantitative Pronunciation of Latin: For the Use of by Alexander John Ellis (1874)
"Afterwards another sentence is taken, which must be delivered with great orotundity,
as if at a public assembly, to bring out the final ..."
2. The Cambridge History of English Literature by Adolphus William Ward, Alfred Rayney Waller (1913)
"... that it is Goldsmith's earliest original work; and, next, that it is wholly
free from that empty orotundity, that " didactic stiffness of wisdom, ..."
3. Putnam's Monthly (1907)
"... the halo of his brilliant war record, and standing out as a presence by the
venerable whiteness of his beard and the impressive orotundity of his voice. ..."
4. American Literature in the Colonial and National Periods by Lorenzo Sears (1902)
"Hence much of ceremonious and unnatural orotundity and chapters headed: " Which
people void of feeling need not read," meaning, " If you have tears to shed, ..."
5. Putnam's Magazine (1907)
"... the halo of his brilliant war record, and standing out as a presence by the
venerable whiteness of his beard and the impressive orotundity of his voice. ..."
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