orotundity

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UK/ɒɹəˈtʌndɪti/US/ɔɹəˈtʌndɪti/

noun

The quality of being orotund.

First used 20th c.Scrabble 14
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Meanings

nounorotundity (plural orotundities)

plural orotundities

  1. The quality of being orotund.First known use 20th c.

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

    1990, Camille Paglia, Sexual Personae
  2. An orotund statement or utterance.

Origin

From orotund + -ity.

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Cite this entry
APA

orotundity. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/orotundity

MLA

“orotundity.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/orotundity. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “orotundity,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/orotundity.

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