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I'm continually surprised at how often the newspapers teach me a new word. This today, in a review, saying a book about the U.N. is
    ... a narrative so ponderous that it could easily have been crafted by the U.N. itself. Like low swells on a wide sea, Mr. Kennedy's orotund phrases roll on and on.
orotund: 1 (of the voice) resonant and impressive. 2 (of writing or style) pompous.

from Latin ore rotundo ‘with rounded mouth’.
 
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No relation to "fat lip?" Big Grin
 
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