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From the papers: "orotund"

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June 28, 2006, 19:40
shufitz
From the papers: "orotund"
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 orotund: 1 (of the voice) resonant and impressive. 2 (of writing or style) pompous.

from Latin ore rotundo ‘with rounded mouth’.
June 28, 2006, 20:01
<Asa Lovejoy>
No relation to "fat lip?" Big Grin