orotund
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Orotund syllables drip from the mouths of government ministers, military officers and property owners in private consultations.
From New York Times • Apr. 4, 2019
Orotund, ō′rō-tund, adj. full, clear, and musical, as speech.—n. full, clear, and musical speech, as when directly from the larynx.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) by Various
He describes the fine qualities of voice constituting the Orotund in the following words:— By a fullness of voice, is meant the grave or hollow volume, which approaches to hoarseness.
From The Canadian Elocutionist by Howard, Anna Kelsey
The qualities of voice mostly used in reading or speaking, and which should receive the highest degree of culture, are the Pure Tone, the Orotund, the Aspirated, and the Guttural.
From Sanders' Union Fourth Reader by Sanders, Charles W.
Dr. Rush defines the Orotund as that assemblage of eminent qualities which constitute the highest characteristic of the speaking voice.
From The Canadian Elocutionist by Howard, Anna Kelsey
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