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ororotundity

ororotundity noun: the quality of being orotund (in various senses); orotundity.

Noun

ororotundity (uncountable)

  1. (rare) The quality of being orotund (in various senses); orotundity.
    • Salviati. "Oronymy." […] Sagredo. No: what was that that you said? / Simplicio. "O-ro-ro-ro-ny"? / Salviati. Just my ororotundity, if I may. I was merely returning to our previous discussion of the naming of mountains, and my poor mind meandered.1980 Fall, William Harmon, Carol Eaton, Jeanne Heilakka, “Three Italians Visit Monticello”, in The Southern Literary Journal, volume XIII, number 1, Chapel Hill, N.C.: University of North Carolina...

Origin of ororotundity

An alteration of orotundity to more closely reflect its etymon ore rotundo. Equivalent to ore rotundo + -ity.

Questions about ororotundity

What does ororotundity mean?
Ororotundity means the quality of being orotund (in various senses); orotundity.
What part of speech is ororotundity?
Ororotundity is a noun.

Words near ororotundity in the dictionary

  1. Oropom
  2. Oropouche fever
  3. Oroqen
  4. Oroqens
  5. Oroquieta
  6. ororotundity
  7. Oros
  8. oroselone
  9. orosensation
  10. orosensations
  11. orosensory

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