Word of the Day: OROTUND

With rich, round sound

orotund (adj) - displaying a rich, strong sound; bombastic or pompous (derived from the Latin phrase ore rotundo meaning with round mouth) [awr-uh-tuhnd]

BREAKDOWN: OR- (mouth) + ROT- (round, rolling) + -UND (state)

• orotundity is the use of rich, impressive language and tones

• rotund means round, ripe, or plump

“You know that the nucleus of time is not
The poet but the poem, the growth of the mind

Of the world, the heroic effort to live expressed
As victory. The poet does not speak in ruins

Nor stand there making orotund consolations.
He shares the confusions of intelligence.” —Wallace Stevens

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