Today's words

Wow.  I just realized that I haven't checked the WOTD since before vacation!  So, to begin the catching up:

orotund \OR-uh-tund\ adj. - 1. marked by fullness, strength, and clarity of sound : sonorous  2. pompous, bombastic

Put together the roots of oral and rotunda and this word makes perfect sense.

cachinnate \'KA-kih-,nate\ - to laugh loudly or immoderately

I probably either know this one or entered it before. I keep seeing it in the WOTD listing instead of the actual word it links to, berceuse, which I covered in my last (and lengthiest) "words" post.

exiguous \ig-ZIG-yuh-wus\ - excessively scanty : inadequate

I'd have never guessed at this one. The etymology in the WOTD write-up is pretty interesting. and even having seen it, I'm sure to mispronounce the first syllable if I'm ever given the opportunity to read it aloud, though I hope the context would likely remind me of its meaning.

Enough for today.