OROTUND

(adj.) (of sounds) full and rich
"orotund tones", "the rotund and reverberating phrase", "pear-shaped vowels"
synonyms : pear-shaped , rotund , round
(adj.) ostentatiously lofty in style
"a man given to large talk", "tumid political prose"
synonyms : bombastic , declamatory , large , tumid , turgid
His speeches are truly bombastic. -added by naila_inlas

Mnemonics for orotund

(Tag: ) ORE+TON....a person having tons of gold is either pompous or attractive...
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(Tag: ) Orotund sounds like ORE, precious metal from the earth, and TON, a lot. So an orotund person is pompous because he thinks that he is as good as a ton of precious ore.
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(Tag: Orotund) In Telugu, we say Orlutundu(means vaguthundu --> talkative). so, orotund finally goes as pompous, bombastic
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(Tag: ) the auRa around is head is ROTUND (fat) - if you have a big head you are pompous
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