✨ #Word Up ‼️🗣️💬📝
#BlueSky🦋
#BookSky📚
#writingcommunity🏘️
#writers ✍️
#authors📖
#readers 👀📖
#WeeknightWriters🌘
#booklovers📗
#readingcommunity👀
#writersky🌌
#5amwritersclub 🌄
#6amwritersclub 🌇
#writerscoffeeclub🧋
#gamedev 🎮
#indiedev 🛠️
#indieauthor👨🏽💻
#Humor💀😂
#Art🎨
#CharacterVoice🎤
#WritersToolBox🧰
#BlueSky🦋
#BookSky📚
#writingcommunity🏘️
#writers ✍️
#authors📖
#readers 👀📖
#WeeknightWriters🌘
#booklovers📗
#readingcommunity👀
#writersky🌌
#5amwritersclub 🌄
#6amwritersclub 🌇
#writerscoffeeclub🧋
#gamedev 🎮
#indiedev 🛠️
#indieauthor👨🏽💻
#Humor💀😂
#Art🎨
#CharacterVoice🎤
#WritersToolBox🧰
February 8, 2026 at 12:29 PM
The history of architecture professor habitually exhorted in orotund French "Quand vous entrez dans un bâtiment, FAITES ATTENTION À L'EMPLACEMENT DE L'ESCALIER!" And ever since, I have always, upon entering a building, looked for the stairs.
January 31, 2026 at 3:05 AM
The history of architecture professor habitually exhorted in orotund French "Quand vous entrez dans un bâtiment, FAITES ATTENTION À L'EMPLACEMENT DE L'ESCALIER!" And ever since, I have always, upon entering a building, looked for the stairs.
I ask, clutching my grammatical pearls with orotund horror: Who is the Guardian editor who let "... from out of Slovenia..." into the text?
January 30, 2026 at 11:10 PM
I ask, clutching my grammatical pearls with orotund horror: Who is the Guardian editor who let "... from out of Slovenia..." into the text?
Why this word?
In Latin, “ore rotundo” means “with rounded mouth.” “Orotund” combines the two Latin words into one for this adjective that refers to a full, round, imposing voice. When describing the written word, it means pompous and pretentious, rather than imposing.
In Latin, “ore rotundo” means “with rounded mouth.” “Orotund” combines the two Latin words into one for this adjective that refers to a full, round, imposing voice. When describing the written word, it means pompous and pretentious, rather than imposing.
January 12, 2026 at 3:08 PM
Why this word?
In Latin, “ore rotundo” means “with rounded mouth.” “Orotund” combines the two Latin words into one for this adjective that refers to a full, round, imposing voice. When describing the written word, it means pompous and pretentious, rather than imposing.
In Latin, “ore rotundo” means “with rounded mouth.” “Orotund” combines the two Latin words into one for this adjective that refers to a full, round, imposing voice. When describing the written word, it means pompous and pretentious, rather than imposing.
Example sentences
“The alto soloist’s orotund voice filled the concert hall.”
“The tuba provides quite an orotund sound to any orchestra.”
“His letter to the editor came off as orotund and pretentious, rather than authoritative.”
Word Origin
Latin, late 18th century
“The alto soloist’s orotund voice filled the concert hall.”
“The tuba provides quite an orotund sound to any orchestra.”
“His letter to the editor came off as orotund and pretentious, rather than authoritative.”
Word Origin
Latin, late 18th century
January 12, 2026 at 3:08 PM
Example sentences
“The alto soloist’s orotund voice filled the concert hall.”
“The tuba provides quite an orotund sound to any orchestra.”
“His letter to the editor came off as orotund and pretentious, rather than authoritative.”
Word Origin
Latin, late 18th century
“The alto soloist’s orotund voice filled the concert hall.”
“The tuba provides quite an orotund sound to any orchestra.”
“His letter to the editor came off as orotund and pretentious, rather than authoritative.”
Word Origin
Latin, late 18th century
Word of the day
Orotund
ˈôrəˌtənd
Adjective
(Of the voice or phrasing) full, round, and imposing.
(Of writing, style, or expression) pompous or pretentious.
Orotund
ˈôrəˌtənd
Adjective
(Of the voice or phrasing) full, round, and imposing.
(Of writing, style, or expression) pompous or pretentious.
January 12, 2026 at 3:08 PM
Word of the day
Orotund
ˈôrəˌtənd
Adjective
(Of the voice or phrasing) full, round, and imposing.
(Of writing, style, or expression) pompous or pretentious.
Orotund
ˈôrəˌtənd
Adjective
(Of the voice or phrasing) full, round, and imposing.
(Of writing, style, or expression) pompous or pretentious.
LONDON (1994)
Essay film from Patrick Keiller
The London of dreams contrasted with the London of the early 90s
Keiller has a wonderful eye for shots and cinematography as photography
Ornate and orotund narration by Sir Thomas More himself, the GOAT Paul Scofield
Essay film from Patrick Keiller
The London of dreams contrasted with the London of the early 90s
Keiller has a wonderful eye for shots and cinematography as photography
Ornate and orotund narration by Sir Thomas More himself, the GOAT Paul Scofield
January 8, 2026 at 12:58 AM
LONDON (1994)
Essay film from Patrick Keiller
The London of dreams contrasted with the London of the early 90s
Keiller has a wonderful eye for shots and cinematography as photography
Ornate and orotund narration by Sir Thomas More himself, the GOAT Paul Scofield
Essay film from Patrick Keiller
The London of dreams contrasted with the London of the early 90s
Keiller has a wonderful eye for shots and cinematography as photography
Ornate and orotund narration by Sir Thomas More himself, the GOAT Paul Scofield
Have you read any of the ones before the late orotund era?
December 20, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Have you read any of the ones before the late orotund era?
i have PS filed in my head as the wild young saxguy coltrane employed in his late 60s band to go all the way OUT THERE a-squeakin and a-shriekin bcz he (coltrane) was scared to
but he's mainky been on a gently orotund tip since the 90s really, more biblical less scribblical
but he's mainky been on a gently orotund tip since the 90s really, more biblical less scribblical
December 18, 2025 at 4:47 PM
i have PS filed in my head as the wild young saxguy coltrane employed in his late 60s band to go all the way OUT THERE a-squeakin and a-shriekin bcz he (coltrane) was scared to
but he's mainky been on a gently orotund tip since the 90s really, more biblical less scribblical
but he's mainky been on a gently orotund tip since the 90s really, more biblical less scribblical
I like OROTUND, it was the second word I saw🤓. Irritated about TURGOR
December 14, 2025 at 9:50 PM
I like OROTUND, it was the second word I saw🤓. Irritated about TURGOR
@spellingbee-play.bsky.social Words missed from yesterday Dec 13: TURGOR, UNRUNG. And who ever heard of a DUGONG, or called someone OROTUND? Where in the world does Sam get these???
December 14, 2025 at 2:22 PM
@spellingbee-play.bsky.social Words missed from yesterday Dec 13: TURGOR, UNRUNG. And who ever heard of a DUGONG, or called someone OROTUND? Where in the world does Sam get these???
Orotund udon!
December 13, 2025 at 10:44 AM
Orotund udon!
There wasn’t much affection coming my way when I found myself serving mass at a side altar to a notably slow and deliberate priest, orotund and magniloquent. This was the old Latin mass, and I was a tangle of adolescent nerves mnth.ly/0mv1Tdp
‘Shakespeare would have known him, and he must have been a bit like Hamlet’
Thinking through the lines of poetry, prose and drama that have most haunted the author inevitably brings him back to Shakespeare
mnth.ly
December 11, 2025 at 3:22 AM
There wasn’t much affection coming my way when I found myself serving mass at a side altar to a notably slow and deliberate priest, orotund and magniloquent. This was the old Latin mass, and I was a tangle of adolescent nerves mnth.ly/0mv1Tdp
Just have to hope that with each enormously discrediting Buttigieg video clip that drops the constituency who thinks this orotund technocratic gobbledygook and abject courtliness with billionaire ghouls are what we need in our ghastly necropolitical moment will dwindle--but not holding my breath.
November 9, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Just have to hope that with each enormously discrediting Buttigieg video clip that drops the constituency who thinks this orotund technocratic gobbledygook and abject courtliness with billionaire ghouls are what we need in our ghastly necropolitical moment will dwindle--but not holding my breath.
I'm old enough to remember commentaries on Scotland v England matches in orotund accents that would make Stephen Fry sound like an oik.
November 2, 2025 at 2:29 PM
I'm old enough to remember commentaries on Scotland v England matches in orotund accents that would make Stephen Fry sound like an oik.
ok so i listened: half "yes this is rich fascinating useful stuff" half "omg get on with it u orotund gargoyle"
w/deems (lol) as a satellite of the "performative" (old meaning recently lost)
w/deems (lol) as a satellite of the "performative" (old meaning recently lost)
November 1, 2025 at 5:55 PM
ok so i listened: half "yes this is rich fascinating useful stuff" half "omg get on with it u orotund gargoyle"
w/deems (lol) as a satellite of the "performative" (old meaning recently lost)
w/deems (lol) as a satellite of the "performative" (old meaning recently lost)
It's hard to use the word orotund in a post without seeming magniloquent.
October 20, 2025 at 6:35 PM
It's hard to use the word orotund in a post without seeming magniloquent.
Orotund
or-uh-tuhnd
Adjective
(Of a voice or tone) Full, round, and imposing.
Pompous or pretentious in style or expression.
Examples:
The opera singer’s orotund voice carried to the back of the theater.
His speech was criticized for its orotund language, more show than substance.
or-uh-tuhnd
Adjective
(Of a voice or tone) Full, round, and imposing.
Pompous or pretentious in style or expression.
Examples:
The opera singer’s orotund voice carried to the back of the theater.
His speech was criticized for its orotund language, more show than substance.
October 16, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Orotund
or-uh-tuhnd
Adjective
(Of a voice or tone) Full, round, and imposing.
Pompous or pretentious in style or expression.
Examples:
The opera singer’s orotund voice carried to the back of the theater.
His speech was criticized for its orotund language, more show than substance.
or-uh-tuhnd
Adjective
(Of a voice or tone) Full, round, and imposing.
Pompous or pretentious in style or expression.
Examples:
The opera singer’s orotund voice carried to the back of the theater.
His speech was criticized for its orotund language, more show than substance.
Orotund
or-uh-tuhnd
Adjective
(Of a voice or tone) Full, round, and imposing.
Pompous or pretentious in style or expression.
Examples:
The opera singer’s orotund voice carried to the back of the theater.
His speech was criticized for its orotund language, more show than substance.
or-uh-tuhnd
Adjective
(Of a voice or tone) Full, round, and imposing.
Pompous or pretentious in style or expression.
Examples:
The opera singer’s orotund voice carried to the back of the theater.
His speech was criticized for its orotund language, more show than substance.
October 16, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Orotund
or-uh-tuhnd
Adjective
(Of a voice or tone) Full, round, and imposing.
Pompous or pretentious in style or expression.
Examples:
The opera singer’s orotund voice carried to the back of the theater.
His speech was criticized for its orotund language, more show than substance.
or-uh-tuhnd
Adjective
(Of a voice or tone) Full, round, and imposing.
Pompous or pretentious in style or expression.
Examples:
The opera singer’s orotund voice carried to the back of the theater.
His speech was criticized for its orotund language, more show than substance.
Sept 18: orotund! I immediately thought of an example, how about you? There are so many. #ayearofwords
September 18, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Sept 18: orotund! I immediately thought of an example, how about you? There are so many. #ayearofwords
My own voice, orotund sweeping and final, and after 6 years not wanting kids, my wife suddenly wants them with a desperation I’ve only seen in the drug addicts I work with wanting their fix.
September 17, 2025 at 1:27 PM
My own voice, orotund sweeping and final, and after 6 years not wanting kids, my wife suddenly wants them with a desperation I’ve only seen in the drug addicts I work with wanting their fix.
It’s closer to 30 percent in Canada. A vocal mi orotund. Nothing else. I’m Albertan and there are only about 30 percent who want to secede. Do not think they have more power than they do.
September 7, 2025 at 11:07 PM
It’s closer to 30 percent in Canada. A vocal mi orotund. Nothing else. I’m Albertan and there are only about 30 percent who want to secede. Do not think they have more power than they do.
Orotund!
Wordle 1,512 6/6
⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜
⬜⬜🟨⬜🟩
🟨⬜⬜🟩🟩
⬜🟨⬜🟩🟩
⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
Wordle 1,512 6/6
⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜
⬜⬜🟨⬜🟩
🟨⬜⬜🟩🟩
⬜🟨⬜🟩🟩
⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
August 9, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Orotund!
Wordle 1,512 6/6
⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜
⬜⬜🟨⬜🟩
🟨⬜⬜🟩🟩
⬜🟨⬜🟩🟩
⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
Wordle 1,512 6/6
⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜
⬜⬜🟨⬜🟩
🟨⬜⬜🟩🟩
⬜🟨⬜🟩🟩
⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
You made, you made your overtures
When you were a sure and orotund mutt
And I was still a dewey petal
Rather than a moribund slut
-Left Alone, Fiona Apple youtu.be/Fdiy9NhlBII?...
When you were a sure and orotund mutt
And I was still a dewey petal
Rather than a moribund slut
-Left Alone, Fiona Apple youtu.be/Fdiy9NhlBII?...
July 27, 2025 at 12:27 AM
You made, you made your overtures
When you were a sure and orotund mutt
And I was still a dewey petal
Rather than a moribund slut
-Left Alone, Fiona Apple youtu.be/Fdiy9NhlBII?...
When you were a sure and orotund mutt
And I was still a dewey petal
Rather than a moribund slut
-Left Alone, Fiona Apple youtu.be/Fdiy9NhlBII?...