English Explanatory Dictionary

ore rotundo

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adv
  1. Spoken in an eloquent, clear, and confident manner.
adj
  1. Delivered ore rotundo.
noun
  1. The practice of speaking ore rotundo.

Word forms

ore rotundo more ore rotundo most ore rotundo

Etymology

PIE word *h₁óh₃s Learned borrowing from Latin ōre rotundō (“with a round mouth; hence, clear; loud”), from ōre (the ablative singular of ōs (“mouth”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁óh₃s (“mouth”)) + rotundō (“to make round”) (from rotundus (“circular, round”) (possibly from rota (“wheel”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *Hreth₂- (“to run”)) + -undus (suffix forming adjectives)) + -ō (suffix forming first-conjugation verbs)). Doublet of orotund.

Derived words

ororotundity
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