orotund 的詞源

在修辭學上，“表現出強度、充實、豐富和清晰”，源於1792年，來自拉丁語 ore rotundo “用言辭精湛，尤指措辭得當”，字面意思是“張開嘴巴”（參見 ore rotundo）。

The odd thing about the word is that its only currency, at least in its non-technical sense, is among those who should most abhor it, the people of sufficient education to realize its bad formation; it is at once a monstrosity in its form & a pedantry in its use. [Fowler]

有趣的是，這個詞僅在非技術意義上被應該最痛恨它的人所使用，也就是足夠受過教育的人羣，因爲他們會意識到它的錯誤形式和充滿學究氣息的用法。[福勒]