Orotund

The Orotund is a highly improved state of the Natural voice, and is the quality most used, being far more expressive, as it gives grandeur and energy to thought and expression.

The Canadian Elocutionist Anna Kelsey Howard

Orotund more in sorrow than in anger evasion is so much easier, is it not, at least for the hypocrite who does not want his prejudices tested, than robust debate.

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= Orotund Quality = is the result only of cultivation, but no speaker or reader can produce those finer effects which are the appropriate symbols of strong and deep emotion, whose voice cannot assume this mode at will.

The Ontario Readers: The High School Reader, 1886 Ontario. Ministry of Education

Personation represents an officer giving a command, then a most marked change must be made in the voice between the narrative and the personation, which demands Full Force, Quick Time, High Pitch, and Orotund Quality, and the narrative portion will commence with Moderate Pitch and Time

The Canadian Elocutionist Anna Kelsey Howard

Monotone is usually accompanied by slow time, and it is, in fact, a low Orotund.

The Canadian Elocutionist Anna Kelsey Howard

Dr. Rush defines the Orotund as that assemblage of eminent qualities which constitute the highest characteristic of the speaking voice.

The Canadian Elocutionist Anna Kelsey Howard

He describes the fine qualities of voice constituting the Orotund in the following words: --

The Canadian Elocutionist Anna Kelsey Howard