來自拉丁語ore rotundo,圓嘴，來自ore,嘴，詞源同oral,rotundo,圓的，詞源同round,rotate.引申詞義嗓音洪亮的。
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]
來自辭典例句
來自互聯(lián)網