Definition: orotund

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Source: WordNet (r) 1.7 

orotund
     adj 1: ostentatiously lofty in style; "a man given to large talk";
            "tumid political prose" [syn: bombastic, declamatory,
             large, tumid, turgid]
     2: (of sounds) full and rich; "orotund tones"; "the rotund and
        reverberating phrase"; "pear-shaped vowels" [syn: rotund,
         round, pear-shaped]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) 

Orotund \O"ro*tund`\, a. [L. os, oris, the mouth + rotundus
   round, smooth.]
   Characterized by fullness, clearness, strength, and
   smoothness; ringing and musical; -- said of the voice or
   manner of utterance. -- n. The orotund voice or utterance
   --Rush.